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by keiths
Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:08 pm
Forum: Duplicate Cleaner
Topic: Not declaring these files as the same
Replies: 11
Views: 20419

Re: Not declaring these files as the same

Thanks for this - I hadn't thought of the 'drop' approach. I'm proceeding assuming that if I delete three and leave one file, the one will be the master and the others replaced with hard links to the survivor. At the risk of pushing my luck, one enhancement that would be useful in differentiating be...
by keiths
Fri Nov 08, 2013 1:57 pm
Forum: Duplicate Cleaner
Topic: Not declaring these files as the same
Replies: 11
Views: 20419

Re: Not declaring these files as the same

Thanks for the hard link change - I'm trying it at the moment, and it results in a quandary. How is the target of the hard link deduced? I have 4 tracks that are flagged as close versions - same name and artist. The problem is that 2 are live versions, 2 are studio. If I mark one and ask for a hard ...
by keiths
Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:35 pm
Forum: Duplicate Cleaner
Topic: Not declaring these files as the same
Replies: 11
Views: 20419

Re: Not declaring these files as the same

Can I add my vote for this - I'm tring to dedupe a music collection (original albums vs compilation discs) which means that I have several similar but not identical versions of the same tracks and I'd like to keep one but maintain the album track list integrity by hard links. The compilation disc di...