Short: Find equal files with distinct filenames Author: Fulvio Peruggi Uploader: Fulvio Peruggi Version: 1.8 Type: util/rexx Requires: util/cli/ALeXcompare.lha Distribution: Aminet EqFiles.rexx is a program which compares files in one or two directories (or directory trees) and searches for files having the same contents and (possibly) distinct filenames. You know the problem. You have collections of files (pictures, music modules, etc.) downloaded from different sites or extracted from distinct CD-ROMs. Often you have one or more duplicates of certain files, because distinct sources used different filenames for the same file. You can find duplicate files manually, but actually this is convenient only in a small collection. When your collection is formed by hundreds or thousands of files the only reasonable way to find duplicates is a program that does the job for you. As far as I know, all usual "compare" programs make comparisons between files having the same filename, and so they are useless in the present case. Here is the point where EqFiles.rexx comes in handy. With EqFiles.rexx it is also possible to delete automatically all duplicate files found in a search. EqFiles.rexx is optimized for maximum speed. EqFiles.rexx can be used from within Directory Opus. History: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Version 1.8 (11.10.98) - Removed residual erroneous handling of filenames with spaces in case of deletion. - Major changes and additions in the document file. - First Aminet release. Author: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Fulvio Peruggi Via Consalvo 150, isolato 5 80126 Napoli Italy E-Mail: peruggi@unina.it ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 15112 5306 64.8% 11-Oct-98 19:30:54 EqFiles.guide 1796 1095 39.0% 28-Feb-97 22:58:54 EqFiles.guide.info 1776 858 51.6% 11-Oct-98 20:09:48 EqFiles.readme 1443 983 31.8% 04-Oct-98 23:02:14 EqFiles.readme.info 6765 1893 72.0% 11-Oct-98 19:18:40 EqFiles.rexx 202 148 26.7% 11-Oct-98 20:11:54 File_id.diz -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 27094 10283 62.0% 13-Oct-98 06:21:00 6 files