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DGMaritime
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Can I generate a list of my files and folders on my Dropbox account?

Good morning I am trying to find a way to show a complete site map / folder tree of all the folders and files in my drop box. The reason I need this is it needs tidying up and before I do so I wo...
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Jay's avatar
Jay
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6 years ago

Hi DGMaritime, thanks for posting on the Community!

Currently, there isn’t a way to print off a direct folder/file structure of your Dropbox account via the site.

There are workarounds, however, when using built-in functions on your OS. I know of a Windows method using a simple CMD prompt.

Testing it here, the command would be as easy as follows:

dir /b /s > folderlist.txt

The text file would be located in your Dropbox folder (since that's where you have to navigate to begin with to enter the above line). You'll get a list of files and folders on your account, with no extra info like file sizes etc, so hopefully it should help a little. I’m sure there are ways of doing this on a Mac or Linux device.

Of course, you’ll need to have your Dropbox folder completely synced to your machine, with no folders deselected via selective sync, since it prints the list of files currently on your drive, and not online.

There may be some other services online that offer to generate a list of your folder structure directly from your account online.

Hope this helps!

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    6 years ago

    Hi Jay,

    Didn't you forget something? :thinking: Question is to list files in a directory (in particular - Dropbox)! Your command will try list just one file (probably missing yet). :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: The command output have to be redirected to text file (no try to list this file):

    dir path\to\Dropbox /b /s > folderlist.txt

    Hi DGMaritime,

    For more information (if you run Windows) about possible options, try following:

    dir /?

    If you use Mac and/or Linux, command could looks like:

    tree -o folderlist.txt path/to/Dtopbox

    On Linux this command is usually preinstalled, but on Mac could be need install, if missing:

    brew install tree

    For more information about possible options:

    tree --help

    Hope this helps.

    ADD: tree command is available in Windows, also. :wink:

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
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      6 years ago

      Thanks for the info, I missed out a > in my code, I’ve edited the post.

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