[Super Mario]

Is there a way to generate a sitemap in a text file without manually typing it all out that can also be updated just as easily?

[SirCastor]

I wrote this PHP code to generate a list of links of all the files I have in a directory.

Code:
if ($handle = opendir('.')) {
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
if($file !="." && $file !=".." && $file !=".DS_Store" ){
print stripslashes("<a href=\"" . "$file\n" . "\">$file</a><br>");}
}
}
closedir($handle);

It could be modified to write the pages to a text file.

[Super Mario]

I found an app called RAGE Google Sitemap Automater. It does a very good job and submits the sitemap to Google. The problem is it can only do so to a site that is online not a directory on your computer and it costs money for the full version which I don't know if I should pay because Google Sitemaps I hear can do the same thing for free. I'm not so good at PHP as I have only just learned xhtml and css.

[selowitch]

Yes, it would be possible to generate your own sitemap using your scripting language of choice, but that could be fairly involved. You're probably better off using one of the free online generators. I bought the RAGE program but was disappointed because it often didn't work for no apparent reason.