Usage:dirlist.py c:\ > c_list.txt

dirlist.py

import os, sys

cdir = '.'
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
  cdir = sys.argv[1]

for dirname, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(cdir):
  dirname = os.path.realpath(dirname)
  ending = ''
  try:
    for subdirname in dirnames:
        ending = subdirname
        print('DIR: ' + os.path.join(dirname, subdirname))
    for filename in filenames:
        ending = filename
        print('FILE: ' + os.path.join(dirname, filename))
  except:
    try:
      print(bytes('Problematic name: ', encoding='utf-8') + \
            dirname.encode('utf-8', 'surrogateescape') + b'\\' + \
            ending.encode('utf-8', 'surrogateescape'))
    except:
      print(bytes('Extra problematic name: ', encoding='utf-16') + \
            dirname.encode('utf-16', 'replace') + b'\\' + \
            ending.encode('utf-16', 'replace'))