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- Dupfinder v1.0
-
- Description
- -----------
-
- This freeware program is used to locate identical files on your
- harddisk(s). There are already a few programs around that does the same
- thing, but as far as I know there is no other program that finds duplicate
- files with *different* file names. This is especially useful for BBS's
- where someone often uploads the same files under different names, but I'm
- sure everyone will find such files on their hard disk.
-
- Usage
- -----
-
- dupfinder <path1> [<path2> ...] [names] [minsize=<bytes>] [noicons]
-
- PATH/A/M
-
- You can chech any number of disks or directories in a single search by
- entering the name of each <path> on the command line. Be warned though,
- this program uses a lot of memory and a lot of time if it has to scan
- through many directories. Roughly, expect it to take a few megs of memory
- and maybe 10 hours to scan a full 500 MB disk. I might optimize this in a
- later version.
-
- NAMES/S
-
- If you use this argument, files that are different but have the same file
- name are also listed. They are tagged in the listing to separate them from
- true identical files.
-
- MINSIZE=MIN/N
-
- If you set MINSIZE to e.g. 1000 no identical file of size less than 1000
- bytes are listed. Useful if you have lots of tiny identical files, such as
- the icons in devs:dosdrivers
-
- NOICONS=NOINFO/S
-
- If you use this argument, no identical .info files are listed.
-
- PRI/N
-
- This enables you to set the priority of the dupfinder task. A negative
- priority (-1 to -127) is suggested if initiate a search on an entire HD and
- you plan to use the machine in the mean time.
-
- Examples:
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-
- dupfinder sys: ;check for duplicate files in sys:
- dupfinder work:apps work:progs ;check two directories
- dupfinder work: NOICONS ;display duplicates except icons
- dupfinder sys: MIN=500 >ram:result ;check sys: for dups >500 bytes and
- ;put the result in a file in ram:
-
- Disclamer:
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-
- I take no responsibility for loss of data because of this program. Use it
- at your own risk. I see however no reason why that should happen, and the
- source is included to convince you that it doesn't.
-
- Have fun! :-)
-
- Kjell Irgens (kjelli@stud.cs.uit.no) Ultima Thule Software
-
- Ps: Check out http://www.cs.uit.no/~kjelli/thor for information about the
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- reader!!!!!
-