I would like to know the DOS command to print a directory to a file. I have several thousand files I need to have a hard copy index of, and would like to print to a text file so I can import into Excel or another program. I know there's a command where I can do a DIR, then extract or something to a *.txt file. I need to get a listing of files on an old server that's going away 12/31 (NetWare 3.12) so that I can have a checklist of moving the files to my new server, so a quick answer would really be appreciated.

You can use the DOS redirection feature. DIR C:/S >C:\ALLFILES.TXT DIR C:/S (will list all files and sub-directory files on the C: drive). > (is the DOS re-direction symbol) C:\ALLFILES.TXT (will put it in a file named ALLFILES.TXT which is on the C: root directory). This will take a little while to write the entire file, so be patient and wait 1 or 2 minutes for it to complete. It will be through when you see a new C:\> prompt. It will be a simple ASCII text file.

Thank you very much! It worked great. I saved to a text file, then opened in Word, turned it into several tables, cut out the garbage, moved it to Excel, and it's going to work out perfectly for me. Thanks for such a quick response. Catherine

I think you can also do this from the directory you want to print: dir >prn