Added the -e option to execute a command for each group of identical files.

[finddup.git] / finddup.1

diff --git a/finddup.1 b/finddup.1
index 62ab0b8..8a284ec 100644 (file)
--- a/finddup.1
+++ b/finddup.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "FINDDUP" "1.0" "Mar 2010" "Francois Fleuret" "User Commands"
+.TH "FINDDUP" "1.1" "Apr 2010" "Francois Fleuret" "User Commands"

 
 \" This man page was written by Francois Fleuret <francois@fleuret.org>
 \" and is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike
 
 \" This man page was written by Francois Fleuret <francois@fleuret.org>
 \" and is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike


@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ one as default.
 
 With two directories, it prints either the files common to both DIR1
 and DIR2 or, with the `not:' prefix, the ones present in DIR1 and not
 
 With two directories, it prints either the files common to both DIR1
 and DIR2 or, with the `not:' prefix, the ones present in DIR1 and not

-in DIR2. The and: prefix is assumed by default and necessary only if
+in DIR2. The `and:' prefix is assumed by default and necessary only if

 you have a directory name starting with `not:'.
 
 This command compares files by first comparing their sizes, hence goes
 you have a directory name starting with `not:'.
 
 This command compares files by first comparing their sizes, hence goes


@@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ is virtually the same as
 
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .TP
 
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .TP

+\fB-v\fR, \fB--version\fR
+print the version number and exit
+.TP

 \fB-h\fR, \fB--help\fR
 \fB-h\fR, \fB--help\fR

-display help and exit
+print the help and exit

 .TP
 \fB-d\fR, \fB--ignore-dots\fR
 ignore files and directories starting with a dot
 .TP
 \fB-d\fR, \fB--ignore-dots\fR
 ignore files and directories starting with a dot


@@ -47,13 +50,16 @@ ignore files and directories starting with a dot
 ignore empty files
 .TP
 \fB-c\fR, \fB--hide-matchings\fR
 ignore empty files
 .TP
 \fB-c\fR, \fB--hide-matchings\fR

-do not show which files from DIR2 corresponds to files from DIR1
+do not show which files from DIR2 correspond to files from DIR1

 (hence, show only the files from DIR1 which have an identical twin in
 DIR2)
 .TP
 \fB-g\fR, \fB--no-group-ids\fR
 do not show the file group IDs
 .TP
 (hence, show only the files from DIR1 which have an identical twin in
 DIR2)
 .TP
 \fB-g\fR, \fB--no-group-ids\fR
 do not show the file group IDs
 .TP

+\fB-t\fR, \fB--time-sort\fR
+sort files in each group according to the modification times
+.TP

 \fB-p\fR, \fB--show-progress\fR
 show progress information in stderr
 .TP
 \fB-p\fR, \fB--show-progress\fR
 show progress information in stderr
 .TP


@@ -62,11 +68,19 @@ show the real path of the files
 .TP
 \fB-i\fR, \fB--same-inodes-are-different\fR
 files with same inode are considered as different
 .TP
 \fB-i\fR, \fB--same-inodes-are-different\fR
 files with same inode are considered as different

+.TP
+\fB-e \fI<command>\fR, \fB--exec \fI<command>\fR
+execute the provided command for each group of identical files, with
+their names as arguments

 
 .SH "BUGS"
 
 None known, probably many. Valgrind does not complain though.
 
 
 .SH "BUGS"
 
 None known, probably many. Valgrind does not complain though.
 

+Since files with same inodes are considered as different when looking
+for duplicates in a single directory, there are weird behaviors -- not
+bugs -- with hard links.
+

 The current algorithm is dumb, as it does not use any hashing of the
 file content.
 
 The current algorithm is dumb, as it does not use any hashing of the
 file content.
 


@@ -108,7 +122,7 @@ content-matching equivalent in \fB/mnt/backup/\fR.
 .fi
 List groups of files with same content which exist both in
 \fB./tralala/\fR and \fB./cuicui/\fR. Do not show group IDs, instead
 .fi
 List groups of files with same content which exist both in
 \fB./tralala/\fR and \fB./cuicui/\fR. Do not show group IDs, instead

-write an empty lines between groups of files of same content.
+write empty lines between groups of files of same content.

 
 .SH "AUTHOR"
 
 
 .SH "AUTHOR"