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- DoublesFinder for OS/2, version 0.0
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- Find redundant files across drives.
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- INTRODUNCTION
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- DoublesFinder searches the specified hard disks for files having the same
- name. These files are printed to the standard output device with their
- full path. By redirecting the output of DoublesFinder to a file, the list
- of 'doubled' files can be obtained which can be used for further manipulation.
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- It can be suprising to see that on the average about 20% of files have
- the same name, many of these being redundant. On the other hand, files
- having identical names may have entirely different contents. This is
- especially true for common file names such as README.* or REGISTER.*. Thus,
- you should be careful not to erase them without furher control.
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- USAGE
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- Usage: dbls.exe drive: [drive:] [...]
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- Example: dbls c: d: e:
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- Output: should be redirected to a file...
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- FEATURES
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- - Works correctly with 25, 43, or 50 line modes
- - HPFS aware (didn't test it though!).
- - No limit for number of files on hard disk (available memory being the limit)
- - Works 4 times faster than the fastest MS-DOS equivalent (to my knowledge)
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- Future planned enhancements (in chronological order):
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- - Match analysis based on other keys than FILENAME, such as DATE, SIZE,
- CONTENTS and so on..
- - Exclude filenames or extensions in match analysis. This is useful if files
- with the same key are common but not redundant, such as the 'descript.ion'
- file of 4DOS or the 'dirinfo' file of Norton Commander.
- - Port to PM.
- - 'Shoot & delete' capability.
- - And much more... (really!)
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- I would be happy to implement other features if asked...
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- Written by GULCU Ceki Lausanne, 26.03.92
- gulcu@lbdsun6.epfl.ch
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