Got a question...

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

Is there a way to take all the files and folders in a directory (say something that is close to 100,000 files and directories) and index them with a script?

I know that java can do this (sort of), but I'm not able to put a java applet in the directory to do what I want. I can definitely do it in C, but that means compiling it at work (can't transfer exe's over the local net). I am pretty sure that perl can do it, but I'd rather not have to learn that.


Any ideas?

I'd like to be able to locate files in any subdirectory of the folder I'm in, without having to put a index, or dat, or any files in those subdirectories. I'd also like to be able to search the files for keywords (or at least search the info stuff that you can mouse over and get when using explorer... so that I can get all the files having to do with writing reports, or written by me, or whatever). I'd also like the thing to use an html interface so that all the less-knowledgeable people can us it... and it makes it easy (open up explorer and go to the folder where the html is at).


I'm thinking a scripting language is the way to go so that I don't have to worry about hunting down a compiler. And the machines that I'll be working on have native java support, but only for approved packages.