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O.P. fast way to make a list of files on a dvd/cd
i have about 50 cd/dvd backups, and it takes me a while to find s certain file or song. on them.

is there a fast and easy way to make a list of all the files on all the backups?
without me having to type it all in?

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06-15-2005 01:34 PM
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RE: fast way to make a list of files on a dvd/cd
Not without a little utility program AFAIK.
Then again, Windows has a Search facility...
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RE: fast way to make a list of files on a dvd/cd
There are programs that can generate lists of all the files and directories in a drive/directory of your choosing.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/printfolders.html
(The home page seems to be down ATM :-/)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp

http://home.pacbell.net/nitzsche/dirhtml/dirhtml.html
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RE: fast way to make a list of files on a dvd/cd
Or if you were too lazy to download something, Start > Run > Cmd > Dir works just fine :p

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RE: fast way to make a list of files on a dvd/cd
dir is good, but not quite as user-friendly or customizable... :p

:o I just checked the help and found out that you can make it list subdirectories with the /S switch... :banana:
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RE: fast way to make a list of files on a dvd/cd
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Or if you were too lazy to download something, Start > Run > Cmd > Dir works just fine
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dir is good, but not quite as user-friendly or customizable...
Dir/p works..:P...Oh long time since i havent entered the command prompt(or dos:P)...
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RE: fast way to make a list of files on a dvd/cd
Better yet... this command:

dir c:\music /s > c:\files.txt

where 'dir' is the command, 'c:\music' the drive\directory, '/s' option to show also the subdirectories, '>' option to send the results to a file, 'c:\files.txt' the file to be created for the results.
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RE: fast way to make a list of files on a dvd/cd
That's nice Yottabyte! Good old DOS :P
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RE: fast way to make a list of files on a dvd/cd
dir c:\music /S/B >> c:\files.txt


/B produces an output like:
  c:\autoexect.bat
  c:\config.sys
  c:\windows\fonts\onyx.ttf
  c:\windows\fonts\papyruss.ttf
  c:\windows\system\driver.dll
  c:\windows\system\funnybunny.dll
  c:\windows\temp\blahblah.tmp
  c:\windows\temp\helloworld.txt

in other words, without all the dir info crap...

>> instead of simply ">", will add the listings to the file. ">" will overwrite the file...


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But there are indeed very user friendly database-like programs which do exactly the same (although I never found one I personaly liked; every program I've found, tried, had one or two things I didn't like. So in the end I used the good old DOS commands too. And they work excellent for this stuff)

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O.P. RE: RE: fast way to make a list of files on a dvd/cd
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
dir c:\music /S/B >> c:\files.txt


/B produces an output like:
  c:\autoexect.bat
  c:\config.sys
  c:\windows\fonts\onyx.ttf
  c:\windows\fonts\papyruss.ttf
  c:\windows\system\driver.dll
  c:\windows\system\funnybunny.dll
  c:\windows\temp\blahblah.tmp
  c:\windows\temp\helloworld.txt

in other words, without all the dir info crap...

>> instead of simply ">", will add the listings to the file. ">" will overwrite the file...


--------

But there are indeed very user friendly database-like programs which do exactly the same (although I never found one I personaly liked; every program I've found, tried, had one or two things I didn't like. So in the end I used the good old DOS commands too. And they work excellent for this stuff)



is there a way that i can have it show the length of songs? ( like the time of each song in the folder?)

same for movies
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