Looking for a freeware folder/filename logger tool

Tril · May 17, 2006, 07:29 PM

I'm backing up data on external HDDs. I want to make a list of all the files and directories contained on every HDD. That way, if I'm looking for a file, I'll be able to do a search in my list and I'll know on which HDD to look for it.

I'm looking for freeware software that will make that list of files and folders and write it down in a txt file. I'm sure a program that does this exists because that's very useful but I haven't found one yet.

Ferret_Style · May 18, 2006, 11:40 PM

hmm you could almost script something with a batch file running dir /s (will do every folder and every file if done at the root.

Tril · May 19, 2006, 05:58 AM

I found one here : http://www.nonags.com/nonags/diskcat.htmlThe good keywords to use in google to find what I wanted are : Disk Cataloging Tools Freeware. I did not know how it was called so I was having trouble finding it.

I tried Visual CD but it locked up every time when reading one of my external hardrive. I then tried disclib and it worked well. That's what I now use. It works very well for my needs. It has the ability to do a search for files and folders. This will be useful. If I'm looking for a specific file and I don't know on which hardrive or DVD it is, I'll do a search and it will tell me on which hardrive or DVD it is. The tool even looks into zip files. If I click on a zip file in the program, it shows what is archived in the zip file.

Aurora · May 20, 2006, 01:05 AM

Get the W32 port of gnufutil and the Cygwin DLL. Then you can CD \ and
ls -lR > filelist.txt

May 17, 2006, 07:29 PM	#1
Tril S-3D enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,676 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	Looking for a freeware folder/filename logger tool I'm backing up data on external HDDs. I want to make a list of all the files and directories contained on every HDD. That way, if I'm looking for a file, I'll be able to do a search in my list and I'll know on which HDD to look for it. I'm looking for freeware software that will make that list of files and folders and write it down in a txt file. I'm sure a program that does this exists because that's very useful but I haven't found one yet.

May 19, 2006, 05:58 AM	Thread Starter #3
Tril S-3D enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,676 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	I found one here : http://www.nonags.com/nonags/diskcat.htmlThe good keywords to use in google to find what I wanted are : Disk Cataloging Tools Freeware. I did not know how it was called so I was having trouble finding it. I tried Visual CD but it locked up every time when reading one of my external hardrive. I then tried disclib and it worked well. That's what I now use. It works very well for my needs. It has the ability to do a search for files and folders. This will be useful. If I'm looking for a specific file and I don't know on which hardrive or DVD it is, I'll do a search and it will tell me on which hardrive or DVD it is. The tool even looks into zip files. If I click on a zip file in the program, it shows what is archived in the zip file.

May 20, 2006, 01:05 AM	#4
Aurora DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 359 Rep Power: 0	Get the W32 port of gnufutil and the Cygwin DLL. Then you can CD \ and ls -lR > filelist.txt