X-Git-Url: https://fleuret.org/cgi-bin/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=finddup.1;h=691e910cd1ba52bb3787fa4f4648d6ed6b22cdbc;hb=f7bb05fb425e5ff6f1e9105cd36309786963825d;hp=e021a81c86d97ffda799304e5933459b73b2d191;hpb=630c461cbdb6610420863dcfe7af247d62bf004e;p=finddup.git diff --git a/finddup.1 b/finddup.1 index e021a81..691e910 100644 --- a/finddup.1 +++ b/finddup.1 @@ -10,52 +10,54 @@ finddup \- Find files common to two directories (or not) .SH "SYNOPSIS" -\fBfinddup\fP [OPTION]... DIR1 [[not:]DIR2] +\fBfinddup\fP [OPTION]... DIR1 [[and:|not:]DIR2] .SH "DESCRIPTION" With a single directory argument, \fBfinddup\fP prints the duplicated files found in it. 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. +present in DIR1 and not in DIR2. The and: prefix is assumed by default +and necessary only if you have a directory name starting with `not:'. -It compares files by first comparing their sizes, hence goes +This command compares files by first comparing their sizes, hence goes reasonably fast. When looking for identical files, \fBfinddup\fP associates by default -a group ID to every content, and prints it along the file names. +a group ID to every content, and prints it along the file names. Use +the \fB-g\fP to switch it off. Note that .B finddup DIR -is the same as +is virtually the same as .B finddup -i DIR DIR .SH "OPTIONS" .TP -\fB-h\fR +\fB-h\fR, \fB--help\fR display help and exit .TP -\fB-d\fR +\fB-d\fR, \fB--ignore-dots\fR ignore files and directories starting with a dot .TP -\fB-0\fR +\fB-0\fR, \fB--ignore-empty\fR ignore empty files .TP -\fB-c\fR +\fB-c\fR, \fB--hide-matchings\fR do not show which files from DIR2 corresponds to files from DIR1 (hence, show only the files from DIR1 which have an identical twin in DIR2) .TP -\fB-g\fR +\fB-g\fR, \fB--no-group-ids\fR do not show the file group IDs .TP -\fB-p\fR +\fB-p\fR, \fB--show-progress\fR show progress information in stderr .TP -\fB-r\fR +\fB-r\fR, \fB--real-paths\fR show the real path of the files .TP -\fB-i\fR +\fB-i\fR, \fB--same-inodes-are-different\fR files with same inode are considered as different .SH "BUGS" @@ -74,18 +76,18 @@ running on different machines to reduce network disk accesses. .SH "EXAMPLES" -.B finddup -cg blah something +.B finddup -p0d blah .fi -List files found in \fB./blah/\fR which have a matching file with same -content in \fB./something/\fR. Do not display the group IDs. +List duplicated files in directory ./blah/, show a progress bar, +ignore empty files and files and directories starting with a dot. .P .B finddup sources not:/mnt/backup .fi List all files found in \fB./sources/\fR which do not have -content-matching equivalent in \fB/mnt/backup\fR. +content-matching equivalent in \fB/mnt/backup/\fR. .P .B finddup tralala cuicui