Find duplicates between two source folders
Posted: 12 Jul 2017, 03:41
My question arises from what I want to do, i.e. I want to compare two huge sets of files treated as two wholes and saved in two different parent folders each of them with many subfolders. So far, so good as it seems because there is a relevant option in AllDup.
However, the results show that AllDup has come up with duplicates found in different subfolders within each parent folder. Not only does such solution display a pile of useless information for me (i.e. duplicates within a single set of files), but also, I presume, considerably extends the time of seach. I am aware that with all those selection tools for manipulating the results I eventually may get rid of duplicates I need to delete. But time has its price and watining 3 – 4 hrs in order to get a list that needs somewhat tedious processing and checking is not an optimal solution.
My "dream" does not seem so unique as many of my collegues (lawyers, translators, lexicographers, researchers etc.) who need to work using huge archives often need to get rid of duplicates in different sets of files each of them treated as a whole and stored in a relevant parent folder and its subfolders.
My suggestion is that the option compare between different folders should be supplied with an option that could provide an option "compare only between folder X and Y and ignore duplicates WITHIN these folders and their subfolders.
Is it feasible to consider such solution?
Regads
However, the results show that AllDup has come up with duplicates found in different subfolders within each parent folder. Not only does such solution display a pile of useless information for me (i.e. duplicates within a single set of files), but also, I presume, considerably extends the time of seach. I am aware that with all those selection tools for manipulating the results I eventually may get rid of duplicates I need to delete. But time has its price and watining 3 – 4 hrs in order to get a list that needs somewhat tedious processing and checking is not an optimal solution.
My "dream" does not seem so unique as many of my collegues (lawyers, translators, lexicographers, researchers etc.) who need to work using huge archives often need to get rid of duplicates in different sets of files each of them treated as a whole and stored in a relevant parent folder and its subfolders.
My suggestion is that the option compare between different folders should be supplied with an option that could provide an option "compare only between folder X and Y and ignore duplicates WITHIN these folders and their subfolders.
Is it feasible to consider such solution?
Regads