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Batch file to create filelist.txt and dummy library from it

ZeroQI edited this page Sep 13, 2016 · 6 revisions

Batch file to create filelist.txt or re-create a library from the filelist with 0 size files

@ECHO OFF
REM 1 - if no filelist create filelist no folders
REM 2 - if file there restore
chcp 1252>nul

IF EXIST filelist.txt goto RESTORE ECHO Press Enter to create listfile.txt containing all files relative path rundll32 user32.dll,MessageBeep -1 PAUSE SETLOCAL DisableDelayedExpansion SET "r=%CD%" type nul > filelist.txt FOR /R . %%F IN (*) DO ( SET "p=%%F" SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion ECHO(!p:%r%=! ENDLOCAL ) >> filelist.txt ECHO [filelist.txt] created list rundll32 user32.dll,MessageBeep -1 GOTO EXIT

:RESTORE ECHO Press enter to create all dummy files from filelist.txt rundll32 user32.dll,MessageBeep -1 PAUSE rem for /f "tokens=2 delims=:." %%x in ('chcp') do set cp=%%x rem chcp 437>nul

REM IMPORTANT LOOP DOING ALL THE WORK for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (filelist.txt) do ( IF NOT EXIST "%%~pa" mkdir "%%~pa" IF NOT EXIST "%%a" TYPE nul > "%%a" ) rem chcp %cp%>nul ECHO [filelist.txt] processed, blank files created rundll32 user32.dll,MessageBeep -1 GOTO EXIT

:EXIT ECHO Finished! PAUSE