[racer6571]

I am in a beginner A+ hardware class and we have to write a batch file that will capture all directories and files on a hard drive, put the info in a flat file and then import the info to a graph listing # of files on one side and # of allocation units on the other.

I have had basically no batch file experience and am totally lost. Can anyone help?

[cybertech]

dir c:\*.* /s > c:\test.txt

That should get you started

Now you figure out the rest, ok!

Good luck!

Good DOS site

[coderitr]

The /b switch added to the dir command will give you a list of directories and files without the header information -- like this

c:\windows
c:\config.sys
c:\autoexec.bat

It also leaves out the file size and date information -- you may need that to get the number of allocation units but I don't know.

[racer6571]

Thanks for the help. I am still lost as to how to extract only the number of files and directories and import it to a graph (in Excel or Powerpoint).

[Shadow2531]

I would think you would need to create a csv file.

filename,size

and then import it into excel.

the dir command doesn't allow you to just output the filename and size together. (AFAIK)

So there must be a better way to do it.

now ls command that comes with cygwin and mysys (mingw.org) , allows you to list just the filename and size.

The command would be ls -s -1 > graph.csv

And then you could import it and use a formula to add the range of file sizes to get the total. You would still be using a batch file to execute the command.

Just for kicks, if you want a program to output a filelist you can use

http://home.a03.itscom.net/tsuzu/programing/en/ls.zip

only select filename, size, set unit to none, include hidden, and set to csv file.

You should also ask your question at www.hardforum.com in the webmastering and programming forum.

[Shadow2531]

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