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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Folder Synching & Removing DupsFolder Synching & Removing Dups
From: lovelearn <lovelearn_at_iw.net>
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 16:58:13 -0600 Windows folder synchronization and duplicate file removal is handled differently by various software. It's easy to generate multiple files named identically in different folders which contain the same song by the artist but from different performances. Typically (but not always) these will have different file lengths. So a first screening test for identifying duplicates would be to look for identical file names. A second minimally required step for prudence is to compare file sizes. While only an exhaustive and agonizingly slow byte for byte file comparison can guarantee that files are 100% identical, comparatively fast "hatch mark" mathematical comparison screening is an intermediate step that "Space Hound 32" allows as a screening option. That is a very high standard. By comparison, "PowerDesk 5" ran a folder comparison which generated a "duplicate file" list which contained many identically named examples which WERE NOT EVEN THE SAME SIZE! So before following automatically generated advice about what "duplicate" files to delete, I suggest that you make sure you're using software that does more than perform a naive file name comparison in generating a duplicate file candidate list before accepting that advice by pressing delete. LoveLearn Received on 2003-12-07 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |