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From:Paul Hill
Date:20 Jun 2001 at 03:08:25
Subject:Re: How to compare files

On 21-Jun-01 18:47:07, Nuno Berneaud wrote:
>Hello,

>I would like to know if someone has or knows of a program to do the
>following: Search a directory or group of directories and list all duplicate
>files by content,not just name or size. The thing I would like to do was to
>eliminate all clones of attribute files for Imagine. I've gathered quite a
>few, but must have hundreds of duplicates. It's difficult to control that
>because the sizes are almost always the same and you have to try each one
>individually. Some have diferent names but are the same file or are placed in
>different directories. Another possible use would be to search for images
>and sounds to identify and delete the clones. This would spare some space on
>my hard drive and Zip disks.

Try 'Dupfinder'. Probably on Aminet. I have an ARexx script that
processes dupefinder's output and deletes the duplicates. If you want it
just shout.



Paul

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