I just want a simple "print out"...

[ibmag]

Morning all.
I'm just trying to get a print out on all my downloads in "My Shared Folder". No where, that I can see, allows me to do this. I can only highlight "1" song at a time, and do the cut and paste thing into Microsoft Word, but that would take forever. I'm sure there's an easier solution. I've tried coping "My Shared Folder" to Word as well, but that didn't work either.
I want to do a CD back cover with contents, but having zero luck.
Anybody have a probably "simple" solution to this???

[ibmag]

Another thing I need help with is: Since I switched from Kazaa to K-Lite, I haven't been able to right click on my audio downloads, and "add" to whatever playlists I've named. The option was there in the old Kazaa but not the new. It's not a serious problem or anything, except when I want to play tunes off my computer, it's allot easier playing an entire playlist as opposed to punching them in, one at a time.

[meese]

One thing you can try is the redirection command using the command prompt. Open the command prompt and change to the shared folder you want to list. Then type this at the command prompt:

dir >> sharedfolder.txt

This will create a text file called sharefolder.txt. Now you can use notepad to open and edit it.

Hope that helps.

[ibmag]

Hey Meese: Thanks for the quick response. Sounds like a feasible solution, however I have to be honest and tell you that I have NO idea on how to do a "redirection" command, using a command prompt. I'm not bad at following directions if the person giving them to me, assumes I don't know much...
I can just picture you, and anybody else reading this "rolling your eyes"!

[Siliconjunkie]

basically a redirect is this:

command > filename.txt will write a NEW file or OVERWRITE an exisiting file

command >> filename.txt will APPEND it to the end of an existing file, useful for logging and such.

So meeses command "dir >> sharedfolder.txt" Will write the output of the command to the file "sharedfolder.txt" instead of the screen.

You can use this to create a file like this, log the output of a command or to hide the output from a user but have it for later examination.

Or with Unix you can direct it to /dev/null to make it go away forever

There are other variations like 2> and 3>, bit of googling should help you on those. I would look but I have a monster toothache at the moment.

Next weeks lesson, pipes "|" and what they can do for you.....

[meese]

OK here is the step by step version.

First what OS are you using?

Second, where is your share folder loacted? Typically It would be in the Kazaa folder unless you specified a different location.

Assuming you have XP or W2K click Start>Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt

This should oprn the command prompt window. You will now be typing in this window. Type the following after each press the Enter key:

cd\"Program Files"\Kazaa\SharedFolder
dir >> SharedFolder.txt

Now you need quotes around folders that have a space in the name, like Program Files. I'm not sure of the actuall name Kazaa Lite uses as their folder name and I don't know what you sharefolder is called. You should change the names to what you have on your system. The cd\ (Change Directory) command is the DOS way of switching between folders. I hope this isn't too confusing. Good Luck!

[meese]

You can also redirect to a printer:

dir >> lpt1

This prints out the directory list.

[Undeadlord]

If you add all the songs in that folder to Winamp .. Winamp can then create a very nice HTML listing of all the songs. WOuld that help?


Undeadlord

[ibmag]

Meese: I just want a confirmation on what I'm typing "exactly".
C:\>cd|"Program Files"\Kazaa\"Shared Folder"dir > > "Shared Folder".txt
I'm using Windows 2000 Professional and my Shared Folder is located: C:\Program Files|Kazaa Lite K ++, plus my folder is called:
My Shared Folder.

[meese]

its cd\ not cd| its a backslash

When the command prompt window opens type this:

cd\"Program Files"\"Kazaa Lite K ++"\"My Shared Folder"

then press Enter. Now type:

dir >> "Shared Folder".txt

then press Enter.

Remember those are back slashes not pipes | the vertical bar is called a pipe.