On 11 December 2009, STeve Andre' <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am wondering if there is a port or otherwise available
> code which is good at comparing large numbers of files in
> an arbitrary number of directories? I always try avoid
> wheel re-creation when possible. I'm trying to help some-
> one with large piles of data, most of which is identical
> across N directories. Most. Its the 'across dirs' part
> that involves the effort, hence my avoidance of thinking
> on it if I can help it. ;-)
Try this tiny Perl script:
http://hqbox.org/files/fdupe.pl
It's still faster than all of its competitors I'm aware of (most of
them written in C). :)
Regards,
Liviu Daia
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Dr. Liviu Daia http://www.imar.ro/~daia
