From 3d5c7922aefb80a6d77856acf70fc7e633c90e29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francois Fleuret Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:58:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Fixes + added a wish list. --- finddup.1 | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/finddup.1 b/finddup.1 index d9d0549..a1f2a60 100644 --- a/finddup.1 +++ b/finddup.1 @@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ files found in it. With two directories, it prints either the files common to both DIR1 and DIR2, or with the `not:' prefix, the ones present in DIR1 and not in DIR2. +When looking for identical files, +.B finddup +by default associates a group ID to every content, and prints it along +the file names. + .SH "OPTIONS" .TP \fB-h\fR @@ -31,7 +36,7 @@ ignore files and directories starting with a dot do not show which files from DIR2 corresponds to files from DIR1 .TP \fB-g\fR -do not show the file group IDs (one group for each content) +do not show the file group IDs .TP \fB-p\fR show progress information in stderr @@ -43,31 +48,39 @@ show the real path of the files None known, probably many. Valgrind does not complain though. -While not a bug per se, the format of the output should definitely be -improved. Not clear how. +.SH "WISH LIST" + +The format of the output should definitely be improved. Not clear how. + +The comparison algorithm could definitely use some MD5 kind of +signature. I doubt it would really speed up a lot. + +Their should be some fancy option to run two instances of the command +on different machines so that comparison could be done without disk +access where the disk are physically. .SH "EXAMPLES" -.nf + .B finddup -cg blah something .fi List files found in .B ./blah/ -which have a matching file with exact same content in +which have a matching file with same content in .B ./something/ without the group IDs .P -.B finddup ./sources not:./backup +.B finddup sources not:/mnt/backup .fi List all files found in .B ./sources/ which do not have content-matching equivalent in -.B ./backup.sources +.B /mnt/backup .P -.B finddup ./tralala ./cuicui | sort -n +.B finddup tralala cuicui .fi List groups of files with same content which exist both in -- 2.39.5