> now i have worked the way to add the inner span's but i can't figger the way
> how to inssert the outer span that holds inside all the <span>s

You made it hard for yourself by going 

   <xsl:for-each select="/CdList//*">

// here has flattened out the entire input tree and you are just
processing the leaves so you don't see where to add the grouping spans.

Instead do something like

<xsl:template match="/">
<span>
 <xsl:apply-template/>
</span>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="Dir">
<span>
 <xsl:apply-template/>
</span>
</xsl:template>



<xsl:template match="File">
  <xsl:call-template name="print"/>
</xsl:template>


David

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