Topic: Printing a list of files

[Palustris]

I have a large number of CD's of photographs. Have you ever tried printing the list which appears when you list them under Autoplay?  It seems it cannot be done. It used to be dead easy in DOS. Anyway for anyone trying to do it this is a very useful little application.
Karen's Directory Printer. Works in W7 too.
Found here.
http://www.karenware.com/powertools.html

[Bugloss2009]

blimey! I was just literally going to ask the same thing. only i'm on linux, though i could attach the hd to a windows pc....

[Bugloss2009]

blimey! I was just literally going to ask the same thing. only i'm on linux, though i could attach the hd to a windows pc....

worked it out thanks

[BarriedaleNick]

It used to be dead easy in DOS.

You still have a command prompt in Win 7 - just type cmd in the run box and you have all the DOS you need!!
Still - seems to ba a handy little app!

[Larkshall]

blimey! I was just literally going to ask the same thing. only i'm on linux, though i could attach the hd to a windows pc....

It should be very easy with Linux. You download the CUPS PDF printer and install it (some versions have a print to file which will do the same job). Then send the page listing to CUPS PDF or print to file. You will then have either a .pdf file or postscript file, which can be printed in the normal way.

[Bugloss2009]

all I did was ls > print.txt, to give me a file "print.txt", The struggle was navigating directories with names with spaces  :)

[Larkshall]

The struggle was navigating directories with names with spaces  :)

Yes, I've had trouble with that before now, it's best to use _ or - instead of space. Another problem I've experienced is forgetting to name a .pdf file. Apparently if you don't name the file, it doesn't get saved. I did think it might be saved as just .pdf (otherwise as a hidden file beginning with . ) but it seems not.