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Abord binary file compare as soon as a bit deviates?

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 1:49 pm
by abrasion
Does Dup Cleaner do this?
I've moved to a NAS now and I'd like to avoid stressing the drive too much, if I've got 2x500mb files, identical for the first 25mb but then a single bit deviates, does it break the process and move to the next file for efficiency?

(I'd suspect it does but I wanted to confirm)

Cheers.

Re: Abord binary file compare as soon as a bit deviates?

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:51 am
by DigitalVolcano
Yep, this is how it works in byte mode. It reads from the start of the files and drops out as non-duplicate once the two bits differ.

Re: Abord binary file compare as soon as a bit deviates?

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:24 am
by abrasion
Thanks, that's how it should work :)