[bookport] Re: isting to file
- From: Ann Byrne <annakb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:32:34 -0500
Google, and the MS web site, say to use DOS. The syntax is
dir > target file. I think. Note the 'greater than' hiding just
after the dir.
At 06:04 PM 6/28/2009, you wrote:
The Bookport Transfer program presents a list of the 1751 (or so)
books on the CD. I would like to transfer the author and title
information from this list to a file which I could then put on a
notetaker or other device. This would allow me to review the list
at times when I'm away from a computer (during bus commutes, for
example) and choose the books to transfer when I get back to the computer.
Hitting control-A (to mark all the entries) then control-C (to paste
to the clipboard) picks up the whole book behind each title, not
just the title itself.
Fred called me with a suggestion. But either I misunderstood him or
I didn't carry out his instructions correctly.
In DOS I would simply have used the dir command with appropriate
switches and pipe characters to send the directory listing to a
designated file. I imagine such a thing can be done in Windows
XP. But I don't know how; and I don't know whether a technique
which would work in other circumstances would work on the Bookport CD.
All suggestions welcome.
Steve Speicher
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