Report:  File and Directory List Input Mode
Option:  -F
Compatible Options: a, b, c, e, f, H, k, l, m, n, O, o, s, T, v, w, W
Usage:  rsm -o -F progfiles.txt > report.htm
Source:  C, C++ and Java
This input mode will process files and directories from a list. This mode is useful for performing a discrete set of file metrics. The list must be a text file with compliant the specified format. The -RL mode can be helpful in creating the file list. 

File Format: 
Files must be the complete path and file name. 
i.e. c:\project\src\vertex.java 
     /proj/source/geom.cpp 

Directory Format: 
Directories must the the full path. The following parameters to the directory are required for descent of the directory. 
-r       Recursive descent of the directory 
-n       No Recusive descent 
c,h,cpp  Types string tells RSM which kind of files
         directory Starting point for processing 

i.e. -r java /proj/java/source 
     -n h,cpp /proj/cpp/source 

Example File 
filelist.txt 

c:\src\control.c 
c:\src\display.c 
-r h,c,cpp,java d:\myprojects 

Note that no wild cards are valid in this mode.