Accessing files on a memory card of a digital camera

gcot...@earthlink.net

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Sep 19, 2015, 12:36:27 PM9/19/15

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Windows Explorer says the 106_PANA folder is in this path:

Computer\Canon PowerShot G16\Removable storage\DCIM\106_PANA

Using the DOS Command Prompt, and type either CD or DIR followed by that path, the error is "The System cannot find the file specified".

How should I type the path?

Auric__

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Sep 19, 2015, 1:30:16 PM9/19/15

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(Off topic in this group.)

That's almost certainly a virtual folder, which I'm pretty sure can't be
accessed via the command prompt.

What *exactly* are you trying to do?

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gcot...@earthlink.net

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Sep 19, 2015, 3:22:10 PM9/19/15

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I'm trying to create a text file containing the filenames in the folder.

Auric__

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Sep 19, 2015, 10:18:50 PM9/19/15

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gcotterl wrote:

> I'm trying to create a text file containing the filenames in the folder.

Why? What do you ultimately intend to do?

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Todd Vargo

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Sep 19, 2015, 10:40:38 PM9/19/15

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Probably not the answer you want, but, the simplest solution is to
remove the the flash card from the camera and plug it into a flash card
reader. Windows will then assign it a drive letter, whereas while still
in the camera Windows does not assign a drive letter.

If you don't have a flash card reader and need to access the files this
way on a regular basis, the small investment is worth it.

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Geo

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Sep 20, 2015, 11:54:07 AM9/20/15

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On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 09:36:26 -0700 (PDT), gcot...@earthlink.net
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The path has spaces that DOS does not like.
e.g.

......................................
C:\>dir program files
Volume in drive C is C_Drive
Volume Serial Number is 20AE-7C03

Directory of C:\

Directory of C:\

File Not Found
....................................

C:\>dir "program files"
Volume in drive C is C_Drive
Volume Serial Number is 20AE-7C03

Directory of C:\program files

22/12/2014 20:42 <DIR> .
22/12/2014 20:42 <DIR> ..
05/08/2008 17:33 <DIR> Broadcom
etc
11/08/2004 17:15 <DIR> xerox
0 File(s) 0 bytes
31 Dir(s) 13,420,457,984 bytes free
.......................................................................

Robert Baer

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Aug 14, 2016, 1:18:51 AM8/14/16

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Why type? Use Windows Explorer and go to the location and see the
list of files. If you want to get there at a CMD prompt, the cd\ works
for me.
<drive>: **fer eggzample Q:\
CD\Canon PowerShot G16\Removable storage\DCIM\106_PANA
Seen to work in Win2K and WinXP, should be the same in Win7.

Once there, type at CMD prompt:
DIR > FOOLIST.TXT
And edit out the junk.
Or..
DIR *.JPG > FOOLIST.TXT
And edit out the junk.

Auric__

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Aug 14, 2016, 3:09:00 PM8/14/16

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"Computer\Canon PowerShot G16\Removable storage\DCIM\106_PANA" suggests to me
that the camera is mounted as a virtual folder (as I said before) and
therefore *has* no drive letter. I have devices (phones, mostly, but
previously also cameras) that mount similarly, and you can *only* access them
via Explorer (or perhaps some other tool that can deal with virtual folders,
which I don't currently have).

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