Dir2XML

Dir2XML is an application designed to generate XML files with all files from a specified directory. It can be accessed from Command Prompt, and it contains a bunch of practical options, such as indicating the preferred encoding method.

No installation is necessary to work with Dir2XML. It's packed in one file of small size, which can be saved anywhere on your computer or fired up straight from a thumb drive. Administrative rights aren't required, and no new entries are added to the system registry.

To use this tool, you have to call its process from the command-line environment. If you write just the file name and extension with no arguments, then Dir2XML auto-generates an XML report with all files from its directory, names it "Dir2XML" and saves it in this location.

The XML report contains the directory list with file names, sizes, attributes, as well as the dates of creation and modification.

The syntax is DIR2XML.exe [[path] [/c] [/e:encoding] [/f:filename] [/m] [/n] [/q] [/s] [/v] [/? | /h]]. You can point out to any directory on the PC, compute CRC32 (/c), set the preferred encoding mode (/e:encoding), change the default name of the XML file (/f:filename) and calculate the MD5 hash (/m).

You can add the Carriage return and line feed to each XML node (/n), disable messages by activating quiet mode (/q), enable recursive mode for subdirectories (/s), and activate verbose mode (/v). To refresh your memory about this syntax, you can use the /? or /h switch. There's also an example provided.

The directory listing tool worked smoothly in our tests and compiled XML files fast. Taking everything into account, Dir2XML comes bundled with useful options for those interested in listing all files from a specified directory. However, it caters to users experienced with the Command Prompt interface.