Question

I want to create a batch file. When it is invoked as batch.bat MyProject or batch.bat MyProject/ it will produce the following list. Note that Dir is a sub directory of MyProject. I am using Windows 7.

Dir
Dir/SubDir1
Dir/SubDir1/SubSubDir1
Dir/SubDir1/SubSubDir2
Dir/SubDir2
Dir/SubDir2/SubSubDir1
Dir/SubDir2/SubSubDir2
Dir/SubDir2/SubSubDir3
Dir/SubDir3
Dir/SubDir4

How to write a list of directory trees to a text file?

File names must be excluded.

Answer 1

FORFILES provides a simple solution, but it is SLOW. The command works equally well from within a batch file or on the command line:

forfiles /s /p "c:\MyProject" /m * /c "cmd /v:on /c if @isdir==TRUE (set f=@relpath&echo !f:~3,-1!)" >listing.txt

If you run the command with MyProject as your current directory then you can drop the
/p "c:\MyProject" option from the command.

If you don’t mind your relative paths being enclosed in quotes with .\ in the front of each path, then the solution is even simpler:

forfiles /s /p "c:\MyProject" /m * /c "cmd /c if @isdir==TRUE echo @relpath" >listing.txt