[comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d] duplicate file finder

wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) (09/20/90)

I'm looking for a dup. file finder. It should look at one or two
drives, and output a list of files that appear more than once.

Suggestions?
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kduling@nmsu.edu (Kevin Duling) (09/20/90)

   Q-Dos II by Gazzell Systems is excellent for searching a drive for 
multiple copies of the same file or duplicate file names.
Unfortunatly, this program isn't shareware or PD.  I highly recommend
it, though.

raymond@math.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen) (09/20/90)

In <1990Sep19.213115.27260@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>, David Lesher writes:
>I'm looking for a dup. file finder.   ...  Suggestions?

My suggestion is to read the articles that Prof. Salmi has posted
regarding "how to find programs".  Following step 3 of his article, or
following the answer to question 5.2 in the "Frequently Asked
Questions" file for comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc, you would have sent the
query

	lookup /dup/i && /file/i

to my mail server, which would have responded
 
Programs on wsmr-SIMTEL20.army.mil as of 90-09-03 matching your search
criterion:
 
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DIRUTL> 
CUDUP14.ARC   B   86713  900102  Finds duplicate files, even in archives 
DELDUP23.ARC  B   16030  890322  Delete files already in another subdirectory 
FD203.ARC     B   34857  890513  Locate duplicate files, tag/delete/view/print 
FDF.ARC       B   12056  890404  Check directory trees for duplicate files 
FINDUP39.ARC  B   37332  890801  List duplicate files on multiple disks 
TREEDUPL.ARC  B  105559  860906  Find and display duplicate file names 
 
Programs on grape.ecs.clarkson.edu as of 90-04-23 matching your search
criterion:
 
Directory /C/BIN2 
DELDUP23.ZIP  Delete duplicate files 
Directory /D/Z100 
DDUP.ZIP      Finds duplicate files across directories, Z-100 
 
Programs on chyde.uwasa.fi as of 90-04-24 matching your search criterion: 
 
Directory /pc/dirutil 
cudup14.arc     Colorado Utilities Duplicate File Manager v1.4 (good) 
finddupe.zip    Find duplicate files 
Directory /pc/sysutil 
deldup23.arc    Delete duplicate or older files in directories 
qdups15.lzh     QDups v1.5 clean out duplicate files 
 
Programs on FidoNet node 2:515/1 (Micro Maniacs Opus) as of 90-04-24
matching your search criterion:
 
Directory UTILS -- Utility programs for PC's and compat 
DELDUP23.ZIP   11763 31-Jul-89 000 Deletes duplicate or older files in 
FINDDUPE.ZIP   20794 17-Nov-87 002 Locate duplicate files. 
Directory CLIB  --'C' language library software (MSC compiler) 
DUPS.ZIP       12086 10-Dec-89 001 MS All duplicate file names to STD out 
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After which point you probably would have found that at least one
of these programs served your needs.
--
Raymond Chen (raymond@math.berkeley.edu)
	Maintainer of the comp.sys.ibm.pc Frequently Asked Questions.