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

Benjamin Brisson edited this page Feb 26, 2021 · 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`