From: Francois Fleuret Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:02:07 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Added a sentence to say that it first compares sizes. X-Git-Url: https://fleuret.org/cgi-bin/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=finddup.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=163e504155f281678809fd2c924802e264786cb2 Added a sentence to say that it first compares sizes. --- diff --git a/finddup.1 b/finddup.1 index a1f2a60..4ba1807 100644 --- a/finddup.1 +++ b/finddup.1 @@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ 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. +It compares files by first comparing their sizes, hence goes +reasonably fast. + When looking for identical files, .B finddup by default associates a group ID to every content, and prints it along