Find Duplicates

[bob ritchie]

Is there a way to use OC to find duplicates? I know there are stand alone tools but I'd like to stay loyal to OC if I can. :)

[Milos Paripovic]

There is no function for finding duplicates. I've tested a ton of standalone programs dedicated for finding duplicates to consolidate my own files but none were convenient to use and I don't know what would be a better way to perform the task that I could implement it (and be that good that even I would use). All the tools I used would take me hours to go through duplicates to clean a few hundred megabytes of files so I'd give up thinking as not being worth the time. Some day I may look more into it, if I think of a convenient way for the user to compare and decide for each file, but if that happens it will most likely be a separate program before finding its way into the OC. I believe that is the job for filesystem itself and some network storages servers have option for "deduplication"' that will automatically consolidate files (they will still show on 2 places but will point to the same inode in filesystem so it wouldn't take double space, and deleting one still keeps the reference of the other so nothing is lost). 

[bob ritchie]

THANK YOU!!  You've just saved me many hours of frustration. I'm so happy to have found One Commander!  (and you!)

[Milos Paripovic]

You are welcome :)