Listing of Photo files in a directory tree

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This question is only loosely related to photos. I am attempting to put
together a database for cataloging photos. Each photo is located in a tree
of folders delineated by the disk it was taken on, a download sequence code,
and the file number from the disk. Is there any (easy) way to create a text
file, say, of just the file names of all of these photos. I have tried to
use a "dir>*.txt" command from the cmd prompt, but with the tree being three
tiers deep and containign over 150 directories on the first layer, you can
imagine the time it would take to plow through all the branches that way...
 
Shawn in WB said:
This question is only loosely related to photos. I am attempting to put
together a database for cataloging photos. Each photo is located in a
tree
of folders delineated by the disk it was taken on, a download sequence
code,
and the file number from the disk. Is there any (easy) way to create a
text
file, say, of just the file names of all of these photos. I have tried to
use a "dir>*.txt" command from the cmd prompt, but with the tree being
three
tiers deep and containign over 150 directories on the first layer, you can
imagine the time it would take to plow through all the branches that
way...
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The program that comes to mind is "folderprint". There is a way to add this
facility to Explorer; the subject is covered somewhere in Help & Support.
Either of these ways will show every file in a folder (and subfolders).
Jim
 
Jim - I appreciate your response. Ironically, just after posting my
question, I found a (roundabout) way to accomplish my goal. My original
objective was to use the listing to create a viewing form in Access. Using a
redirect of a tree command

:tree /f /a > piclist.txt

from the cmd window, and importing the resultant text file into a
fixed-width table in Access, I was able to run the table through a series of
update queries to utilize the data. Maybe the "folderprint" solution would
have been easier, but I got where I wanted. Thanks again. Shawn
 
Shawn in WB said:
Jim - I appreciate your response. Ironically, just after posting my
question, I found a (roundabout) way to accomplish my goal. My original
objective was to use the listing to create a viewing form in Access.
Using a
redirect of a tree command

:tree /f /a > piclist.txt

from the cmd window, and importing the resultant text file into a
fixed-width table in Access, I was able to run the table through a series
of
update queries to utilize the data. Maybe the "folderprint" solution
would
have been easier, but I got where I wanted. Thanks again. Shawn
Click to expand...
I know there are lots of them out there, and you found yet another. Just
trying to share what I know..
Jim
 
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