How to save file structure to text file?

Question

I have a folder of media files that are about 1TB big. I want to save the file names and directory structure to a text file for backup and reference. I want to attach a batc

Answer 1

a pure dir solution

dir /b /s c:\folder >foldertree.txt

has the advantages over Shay and mjolinor solutions that

1. it does not require powershell, just a plain cmd command
2. the result list contains the fully specified filenames which is a better format for postprocessing of any kind.