On Mon, October 31, 2011 20:57, Emily L. Ferguson wrote: > At 9:05 AM +0800 11/1/11, Karl Shah-Jenner wrote: >>Microsoft OS PC's have such an option with programs called Print >>Directrory or somesuch, or the feature can be added for free by >>using Miscosoft Fix It free here: >>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321379 - though this sends the file >>to a printer it can be reconfigured to produce a text file. > > Actually, CDFinder creates a visual database when cataloging a > device, such that one can view a decent sized thumb of every file > cataloged. One can also search on keywords embedded in the files as > well as file and folder names, dates, etc.. Thumbs Plus will do that, for offline as well as online drives. It's my basic catalog mechanism. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info