huge directory tree - DOS

wanderer January 13, 2011 at 10:51:06

command is wrong in that it only lists what is below "path" and not what is under j: command would look like so J:> tree /A /F >list.txt doing a set dircmd /o:n will sort by name alphabetically. So you would do your set command and then do the tree command Answers are only as good as the information you provide. How to properly post a question: Sorry no tech support via PM's

Mechanix2Go January 13, 2011 at 11:46:04

"command is wrong in that it only lists what is below "path" and not what is under j:" Depends on what he wants a tree of. dircmd doesn't seem to do much. You could: tree | sort But then you just get a mangled tree. To the original point, anybody's guess why the file piped to looks different. ===================================== Life is too important to be taken seriously. M2

wanderer January 13, 2011 at 15:52:14

You are right the dircmd command doesn't work in xp or vista. It used to be just a cool env command. Oh well.. Answers are only as good as the information you provide. How to properly post a question: Sorry no tech support via PM's

"However, the directory tree is not complete. The .txt file doesn't list all of the folders. Can you help? And if yes, is there even a way to get the output sorted alphabatically?" Any idea of why the tree is not complete? The output of the tree command is exactly what I need... Thanks for your help, fox

Nigel Spike January 14, 2011 at 16:31:54

"However, the directory tree is not complete." What do you use to view the file? If Notepad, it has ha limit to the files it can read. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/59578 Perhaps it is complete, but you just can't see it. Nigel Mobo: Asus P7P55D LE OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional OEM CPU: Core i5 750 @ 2.67 GHz RAM: Corsair Dominator DHX+ DDR3 1600MH 4GB GPU: Sapphire 4870 D

That's agood point! I use Notepad, yes. But I also tried using Word 2007 - doesn't work either... Any ideas? Thanks very much in advance, fox

Mechanix2Go January 18, 2011 at 02:57:45

If you can do a dir/b/s and zip up the output somebody xan replicate your structure and try the tree. ===================================== Life is too important to be taken seriously. M2

I solved the problem by using a programm build to create directory trees... Thanks! fox

What program did you get? Has it worked well for you?