[SATLUG] Doublekiller bash clone for Linux

[Eric Haugen]

fslint was exactly the thing I was looking for!

Thanks Brad!

On 9/25/07, Brad Knowles <brad at shub-internet.org> wrote:
>
> On 9/24/07, Jonathan Hull wrote:
>
> >  Well, this could be done with some fancy use of find and md5sum I
> >  would think. My head hurts too much to write it though, heh.
>
> You'd definitely want to use MD-5 or SHA-1 to calculate the hash, as
> opposed to CRC-32.  There's just way, way too many chances of
> collisions with CRC-32.  Heck, there's chances of collisions with
> MD-5, but they're rare enough that you could follow them with a
> binary comparison afterward to see if the files really are identical.
>
> You also want to check the inode number to make sure that you don't
> have to links to the same inode -- i.e., the same file, as known by
> two (or more) different names.  Then, once you get your list of
> candidates, you want to go back and do a real-time comparison to make
> sure that the files haven't changed since your first sweep.
>
> Doing this kind of thing right is a rather involved development process.
>
>
> You could also use Google and type in "Linux duplicate finder", and
> hit the "I Feel Lucky" button, which will take you to
> <http://www.pixelbeat.org/fslint/>, which even includes links to
> reviews of the software (e.g.,
> <http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000198>).
>
> Then there's "zsDuplicateHunter" (see
> <http://www.zizasoft.com/products/zsDuplicateHunter/index.shtml>),
> which is available for multiple platforms, including Linux.  Then
> there's a Java-based Duplicate File Finder program at
> <http://www.linux.org/apps/AppId_8359.html>.  And DuMP3 at
> <
> http://www.bestsoftware4download.com/software/t-free-dump3-for-linux-gtk-ppc-download-keyaacpo.html
> >.
> And the Puppy Linux page at
> <
> http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=18502&sid=5672a4da5370d339432a6c8ae6eff9fc
> >
> mentions fdupes and rdfind, as well as also linking back to fslint.
>
> That's it for the first page of actual related results as returned by
> Google.
>
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