Save a directory list to a text file

Question

I'm trying to list the content of two directories on my HD and put it in a file.

For the moment I have this which list all the directories and contents :

echo off
for /r %%a in (*) do echo %%a >> file.txt

How can I look into a specific folder like Pictures for example ?

Here is the tree :

> Dir1
> Dir2
> Pictures
> file.bat

Answer 1

dir /b /s /a-d "c:\pictures" >file.txt

Answer 2

try this:

for /r "pictures" %%a in (*) do echo %%~nxa