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  • F Farhan Noor Qureshi

    Try this: dir C:\*.* /s > AllFilesAndFolders.txt


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    lost in transition
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    :omg: Large file.


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      :omg: Large file.


      God Bless, Jason
      I am not perfect but I try to be better than those before me. So those who come after me will be better than I am.

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      Farhan Noor Qureshi
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      That was meant for reference only.


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      • F Farhan Noor Qureshi

        Try this: dir C:\*.* /s > AllFilesAndFolders.txt


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        PIEBALDconsult
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        And add a /B too

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        • D David Crow

          As you'll likely be needing code of some sort, you might have a bit more luck with this here.


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          Chris McGlothen
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          Thanks for the suggestion:), but what I'm trying to do is get a text list of the directory paths first then I can worry about loading the list into the database. i.e. "C:\ File Folder" "C:\apps\TrackIt\default.aspx 12 KB ASP.NET Server Page" "C:\apps\TrackIt\default.aspx.cs 15 KB Visual C# Source File" . . . . "C:\docs\HR\Employee Policies.doc 124 KB Microsoft Word Document" The actual path is what I'd like to check the log files against. I appreciate the help, though.


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          • C Chris McGlothen

            My company is getting ready to revamp our intranet and have a desire to clean out our servers of all files, documents and applications that are not being used. I've already loaded all the IIS log files into a SQL table for the past 15 months and am looking for a way to compile a complete list of all file paths ("C:\apps\test\default.asp") in the form of a text file that I can then load into a seperate table and do some cross checking. Any hints/solutions are greatly appreciated.


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            Gary Wheeler
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            Simple solution:

            1. Delete everything.
            2. Restore those items people complain about.

            After a month or two, things should have stabilized to only those items that are actually in use. (Sorry; I'm wasting time twiddling my thumbs engaging in offline research during the last hour of the day before vacation, so my facetious quotient is off the scale)


            Software Zen: delete this;

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            • P PIEBALDconsult

              And add a /B too

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              Farhan Noor Qureshi
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              Thanks for the suggestion.

              /B
              

              can be very handy. -- modified at 15:53 Thursday 27th September, 2007


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              • C Chris McGlothen

                My company is getting ready to revamp our intranet and have a desire to clean out our servers of all files, documents and applications that are not being used. I've already loaded all the IIS log files into a SQL table for the past 15 months and am looking for a way to compile a complete list of all file paths ("C:\apps\test\default.asp") in the form of a text file that I can then load into a seperate table and do some cross checking. Any hints/solutions are greatly appreciated.


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                peterchen
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                Farhan almost nailed it

                dir basepath /b /s >files.txt

                gives all file and folder names recursively, one full file or folder path per line. This is what I found easiest to work with. Use

                dir basepath /b /s /A:D >files.txt

                to list only directories and

                dir basepath /b /s /A:D- >files.txt

                to list only files


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                • C Chris McGlothen

                  My company is getting ready to revamp our intranet and have a desire to clean out our servers of all files, documents and applications that are not being used. I've already loaded all the IIS log files into a SQL table for the past 15 months and am looking for a way to compile a complete list of all file paths ("C:\apps\test\default.asp") in the form of a text file that I can then load into a seperate table and do some cross checking. Any hints/solutions are greatly appreciated.


                  An American football fan - Go Seahawks! Lil Turtle

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                  Chris McGlothen
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                  I've found the answer! There is a app called DDFileCatcher that will scan an entire drive and return all the file paths.:-D


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                  • P peterchen

                    Farhan almost nailed it

                    dir basepath /b /s >files.txt

                    gives all file and folder names recursively, one full file or folder path per line. This is what I found easiest to work with. Use

                    dir basepath /b /s /A:D >files.txt

                    to list only directories and

                    dir basepath /b /s /A:D- >files.txt

                    to list only files


                    We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
                    My first real C# project | Linkify!|FoldWithUs! | sighist

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                    Chris McGlothen
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                    Thanks, I'll save this in my snippet reference sheet.:)


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                    • G Gary Wheeler

                      Simple solution:

                      1. Delete everything.
                      2. Restore those items people complain about.

                      After a month or two, things should have stabilized to only those items that are actually in use. (Sorry; I'm wasting time twiddling my thumbs engaging in offline research during the last hour of the day before vacation, so my facetious quotient is off the scale)


                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                      Chris McGlothen
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                      :laugh: Nice!!! If it wasn't the 'suggestion' of the CEO I'd probably consider it.


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                      • C Chris McGlothen

                        I've found the answer! There is a app called DDFileCatcher that will scan an entire drive and return all the file paths.:-D


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                        Paul Watson
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                        Seriously, what peterchen and Farhan suggest works. And it is free plus you already have it. dir works. :)

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                        • C Chris McGlothen

                          My company is getting ready to revamp our intranet and have a desire to clean out our servers of all files, documents and applications that are not being used. I've already loaded all the IIS log files into a SQL table for the past 15 months and am looking for a way to compile a complete list of all file paths ("C:\apps\test\default.asp") in the form of a text file that I can then load into a seperate table and do some cross checking. Any hints/solutions are greatly appreciated.


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                          GuyThiebaut
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                          At the risk of being a pain... I wrote an application which will do this. I'm not just trying to flog my software as I wrote it to do the sort of thing you are after. Visit my website at wwww.tebofile.com where you can download a trial version of tebofile. The trial is good for 31 days. This allows you to scan a path(including network paths) and view output the results to a csv file. Let me know if it does the job

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                          • G GuyThiebaut

                            At the risk of being a pain... I wrote an application which will do this. I'm not just trying to flog my software as I wrote it to do the sort of thing you are after. Visit my website at wwww.tebofile.com where you can download a trial version of tebofile. The trial is good for 31 days. This allows you to scan a path(including network paths) and view output the results to a csv file. Let me know if it does the job

                            You always pass failure on the way to success.

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                            Chris McGlothen
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                            Thanks, I'll give it a go.


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