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Re: Unique File finder..not duplicates

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From: Aleckie59
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:32
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Phred wrote:
> In article <8e0f$44ea295c$d84429ae$6574@FUSE.NET>, Dave <nodlee5spam@fuse.net> wrote:
> >I'm looking for any suggestions to find the unique files when comparing
> >two directories.Only way I know of now is using 2xplorer's synchronize
> >panes function.Any other simple or stand-alones?
>
> I've often wondered about a similar facility.
>
> Years ago there was an Oz shareware program called Two Disks (which I
> actually thought useful enough to pay for :) which was designed to
> compare files on two floppy drives.  (I did say it was years ago. :-)
> Admittedly, you could fool it into handling *one* HDD directory as a
> "drive" by specifying 'C:' for the default directory, but that was
> about as complex as it got.
>
> It had a really useful display and options for managing the files in
> the two displayed drives.  IIRC, it was something like:
>
> Files on A not on B
> Files on B not on A
> Identical files on A & B
> ..  [memory starts to fail about here %-) ]
>
> It was then a simple matter of selecting files in one list and giving
> a command to COPY/MOVE to the other "drive", or just DELETE from A/B.
>
> I've often wished for a similar simple utility for modern systems.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Cheers, Phred.
>
> --
> ppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID

Comparison
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/File_Management/File_Comparison/
http://www.downloadery.com/most/file-comparison/
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Backup/
Have a look thro' these, Phred. I remember the one you spoke about.
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Subject: Re: Unique File finder..not duplicates
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