code to output directory list

[Lasthitlarry]

Basically I have always wanted to easily output some sort of text file that has a list of all the files in a directory, specifically my music folder (sort of like a playlist but in text form). It could list just folder names in tree form, or even filenames within folders, so it would be easy to post what I have to others.

Didn't know if anyone here had somethin up their sleeve already, just figured posting would be better than not.

Thanks!

 

[mundane]

dir /s

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: mundane
dir /s

to be more specific:

dir /s > output.txt

there are more options of course. use dir /? to see them.

 

[Ken g6]

Just to throw in an alternative, try "tree /f /a > output.txt". 🙂

Edit: Better make that ASCII. "tree" without /a displays nicely, but doesn't save. Without /f it just prints the directories.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Ken_g6
Just to throw in an alternative, try "tree /f /a > output.txt". 🙂

Edit: Better make that ASCII. "tree" without /a displays nicely, but doesn't save. Without /f it just prints the directories.

Wow that's awesome! Didn't know about that.

 

[engineereeyore]

Are you looking for something command line or something to put into a C++ program? Obviously you can invoke the command line call from your program, but you can also use the System::IO:: Directory namespace to access Directories and File. iirc, you just need that one to look at files. You may need System::IO::File also, but I'll leave that to you.