Hi Harry,
Just go into the folder, and then, with no file selected, accomplish this by cntrl space, and press alt v, then i, then m, and your files will be sorted by last modified date. Help this helps.
Rusty
Hi Dane, Thanks for the info concerning the Take Command, its great to find someone who is still Dos oriented. Here's a further question for you if I may: Since I'm quite forgetful, many times I forget the name I gave a file yesterday or recently & used the DIR command with the /OD switch (order by date) which generated a list of files, showing the most recent files at the end or bottom of the list. This tecnique does not work the same under Windows XP. Can you solve this dilemma for me please? Many thanks, Harry Bassler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 7:42 PM Subject: Re: winmx
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Are you looking at this list in the Windows Explorer in the List-view? I'm > assuming you are and (this being the case (and I'm assuming you're using > JFW)), then hold down the CTRL key and press the "+" key on the numberpad. > > I'm glad you mentioned this actually as I was going to talk about lists of > MP3 files, suppose you have millions of MP3 files and you want to make a > list of them in a text file. Well you may find that the Take Command > programme (a DOS command interpreter) can be used to great affect for this > task, saves you writing everything down by hand and (to my knowledge) the > standard Windows command prompt won't let you create a listing, sure! you > can write the output of a "DIR" command to a file but you have to edit it > afterwoods and that's a pain. > > So now I've mentioned this I'd best get on with more explanation. Take > Command is the new name for the programme that many of us will remember as > 4DOS by JP Software, yep! this crowd are still around and Take Command > works with Windows XP etc. > > Now for the commands you use to generate a list, its quite simple and this > example assumes that you have all your MP3 files in sub-folders off say a > main folder (in my case "C:\AUDIO\MUSIC\". You run Take command and then > navigate to that folder with the standard "CD" command etc and then type in > the following command line, > "DIR/B/S *.MP3 > <FILENAME>" dON'T FORGET TO USE DOUBLE QUOTES AROUND THE > FILENAME IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO USE A NAME LONGER THAN 8 CHARACTERS OR YOU > PLAN TO USE PUNCTUATION IN THE FILENAME. > > The /b in the command line tells Take command that you want a bare listing > (that is just a list of the files and nothing else). The /s command tells > take command that you want it to search all Sub-folders and list the > contents within. > > oF COURSE! TO SIMPLIFY THINGS EVEN MORE, YOU CAN WRITE tAKE cOMMAND BATCH > FILES TO SPEED THINGS UP AND GET YOUR COMPUTER TO ACT IN A CLEVER WAY, i > WRITE THEM HERE. > > tHOUGHT THIS MAY HELP SOME PEOPLE AND YEP! ITS A "round-aboug" WAY OF > GETTING A LIST OF ALL THE FILES YOU HAVE BUT (TO MY KNOWLEDGE) wINDOWS > ITSELF WON'T LET YOU GET A LISTING INTO A TEXT FILE THOUGH i COULD BE WRONG. > > Naturally! this command can be used to great affect if you have a whole > stack of books and you wish to created nested playlists for them for use > with Winamp, Windows Media Player etc. > > At 11:33 AM 12/08/2004 -0500, you wrote: > >how can I look at the entire name of an mp3 in a list of mp3's? My > >sighted friends use the mouse to maximize the column but I can't get that > >to work. > >_______________________________________________ > >PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > >http://www.pc-audio.org > > > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 8.0.3 > Comment: Dane Trethowan, a client of TFT-BBS run by Gordon Smith > > iQA/AwUBQRwAcilBPqY64aUBEQIIQACg5Lt4hljrz4Ah7qz2X8MSslPwu6AAn3LN > 1T6rINIQZYfqA2x09n/7VmsF > =vsFh > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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