DUplicate File Finder alpha

-- Don't waste that precious space !

This help file is under construction.

Introduction

DUFF is not your everyday duplicate file finder. It was designed to be more configurable than almost anyone would ever need. Its modular design allows features to be added very easily as plugins or as built-in modules.

You'll be amazed to see how much disk space windows wastes by keeping multiple copies of files around.

If you archive any types of files, such as: sound files, images, ROMs, or anything else, DUFF is great for you.

Glossary:

File Comparison Layer

method of determining the "equality" of two files
Examples:
File Size - files are "equal" if their sizes are the same
File Data - files are "equal" if they contain the same data
File Name - files are "equal" if their filenames are the same

File Filter filters out files you don't want to check for duplicates
Examples:
If you want to ignore all files that are 0 bytes (blank), then you could configure the File Size filter to include only files whose sizes are not equal to 0.
If you want to only look at files that were created before today, you could configure the File Data filter to include only those files that were created before today
File Marker

marks, or flags certain files
Lets say you downloaded a bunch of files from multiple sources. Some files had the same filenames and so you get files with filenames like this: my movie.avi
Copy (1) of my movie.avi
movie[1].avi
movie.avi
picture.bmp
picture2.bmp
Since you don't need 2 copies of any of these files, you want to delete the second copies. So, you can use the Filename Marker to mark all files with the longest filename and then you can use the file delete processor to delete the marked files, which will leave you with:
my movie.avi
movie.avi
picture.bmp
No more duplicates!

File Processor performs an action on a list of marked files  
Example:
move, delete, wipe, send to program, save filename to text file, etc.


 

General Usage

  1. select the file comparison layer(s) you want and configure them (REQUIRED)
  2. type in the file mask(s) of the files you want to look for (REQUIRED; *.* default)
  3. enter the directories you want to look for files in (REQUIRED)
  4. select the file filter(s) you want to use (OPTIONAL)
  5. set up any selections you want to make automatically after the duplicate file search (OPTIONAL)
  6. set up any processes you wish to run automatically after the duplicate file search (OPTIONAL)
  7. hit start
  8. wait for the processes to complete. you can watch the pretty animation and the progress bars during this time.
  9. you can view the "duplicates" property page to see the duplicate files found.
  10. you can also use the selections and processes manually after the duplicate file search has completed.
  11. finally, pay the author lots of money

Information

DUplicate File Finder is the brainchild of and was written by Jeremy "Helamonster" Smith ( mr_helamonster@yahoo.com )

Excessively configurable? There is NO SUCH THING!