HowTo: Capture File/Folder Details

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Steve

Hi there...

I hope this isn't a stupid question but I have a need to "capture" a
directory tree into Word, Excel or Access. I don't mind doing "whatever"
folder-by-folder. I need full path-name, complete file name, date/time, and
file size.

I'm looking to document an App we've made. It's in 3 main folders, 1 folder
has maybe 250-300 sub-folders totally maybe 2500 files... some sub-folders
are 8-10 deep. I'd like to electronically capture the "current position"
and then the "next position" and be able to compare the two to determine
what's been changed.

Thanks in advance,
Steve
 
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| Hi there...
|
| I hope this isn't a stupid question but I have a need to "capture" a
| directory tree into Word, Excel or Access. I don't mind doing
"whatever"
| folder-by-folder. I need full path-name, complete file name,
date/time, and
| file size.
|
| I'm looking to document an App we've made. It's in 3 main folders, 1
folder
| has maybe 250-300 sub-folders totally maybe 2500 files... some
sub-folders
| are 8-10 deep. I'd like to electronically capture the "current
position"
| and then the "next position" and be able to compare the two to
determine
| what's been changed.
|
| Thanks in advance,
| Steve
|
|
|
 
Steve said:
Hi there...

I hope this isn't a stupid question but I have a need to "capture" a
directory tree into Word, Excel or Access. I don't mind doing "whatever"
folder-by-folder. I need full path-name, complete file name, date/time, and
file size.

I'm looking to document an App we've made. It's in 3 main folders, 1 folder
has maybe 250-300 sub-folders totally maybe 2500 files... some sub-folders
are 8-10 deep. I'd like to electronically capture the "current position"
and then the "next position" and be able to compare the two to determine
what's been changed.

Thanks in advance,
Steve

You can do this from a Command Prompt:
- Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
- Type these commands on Friday:
cd /d "d:\Your Folder"{Enter}
dir /s /od > c:\Fri.txt{Enter}
notepad c:\Fri.txt {Enter}
- Type these commands on Saturday
cd /d "d:\Your Folder"{Enter}
dir /s /od > c:\Sat.txt{Enter}
notepad c:\Sat.txt {Enter}
fc c:\Fri.txt c:\Sat.txt > c:\Diff.txt{Enter}
notepad c:\Diff.txt{Enter}
 
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