How To Make A List Of All Your Files Quickly.

Had a few quiries about how to create a list of many Directories/files, quickly (Mp3's especially) without spending hours typing.

DOS command:

"DIR > myfile.txt" - Takes the output of dir and re-routes it to the file myfile.txt instead of outputting it to the screen.

Switches:

"DIR /s > list1.txt" - /S Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories.

Other switches:

DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/b] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N]
[/O[[:]sortorder]] [/P] [/Q] [/S] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/W] [/X] [/4]

[drive:][path][filename]
Specifies drive, directory, and/or files to list.

/A Displays files with specified attributes.
attributes:
D Directories
R Read-only files
H Hidden files
A Files ready for archiving
S System files
- Prefix option with this, meaning do not include

/B Uses bare format (no heading information or summary).
/C Display the thousand separator in file sizes.
This is the default. Use /-C to disable display of separator.
/D Same as wide but files are list sorted by column.
/L Uses lowercase.
/N New long list format where filenames are on the far right.
/O List by files in sorted order.
sortorder:
N By name (alphabetic)
S By size (smallest first)
E By extension (alphabetic)
D By date/time (oldest first)
G Group directories first (add the- Prefix to reverse order)

/P Pauses after each screenful of information.
/Q Display the owner of the file.
/S Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories.
/T Controls which time field displayed or used for sorting
timefield:
C Creation
A Last Access
W Last Written

/W Uses wide list format.
/X This displays the short names generated for non-8dot3 file
names. The format is that of /N with the short name inserted
before the long name. If no short name is present, blanks are
displayed in its place.

/4 Displays four-digit years

Switches may be preset in the DIRCMD environment variable. Override
preset switches by prefixing any switch with - (hyphen)--for example, /-W.
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To get PC DOS prompt in WinXP ...

Start ... Run ... type "cmd" ... OK/Enter
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