[X4U] search for duplicates

[Jan Melichar]

OUPS. My original question was poorly formulated. What I want to be  
able to do is to search for ALL duplicates which I seem to remember  
as being possible in OS9 days.

Jan



On 25 Aug 2006, at 10:57, B. Kuestner wrote:

>
>> Is there some way to search for duplicate files on 10.4?
>
> Do you judge a  "duplicate" by filename or content?
>
> Do you have specific file types in mind? (text, graphics, music)
>
> The answer to the above questions has an impact on the tools to  
> use. For instance if you can assume that file names are identical,  
> then the search is much simpler than if you judge by content.
>
> If you can restrict the search to specific types, then there are  
> dedicated tools. For instance GraphicsConverter does an excellent  
> job to find identical images or even similar images (e. g. the same  
> motive but one has a stronger jpeg-compression)
>
> Björn
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