moving same name files into a directory: since version 2.0.5
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:16 am
I noticed an issue with duplicate cleaner starting ver 2.0.5 when dealing with files with like names but different content. May be specific to windows 7 but not certain.
let's say you have 3 files with different content/hashes but the same name in various folders, I would use duplicate cleaner to find these (let's say mp3 files with the same artist+title, but a different md5 hash) and then move them to one directory to review which copy is best.
ver 2.0.4 or previous would make file copy (1) and file copy (2) and so on without complaint. I could later find all the files in the desired directory.
2.0.5 in windows 7 would complain that the 2nd file could not be written since a file exists, so I had to make a directory and put the 2nd copy in there or rename the file.
2.0.6 simply overwrites the 1st file with any subsequent files it moves into the directory. This behavior surprised me so I started using hashes in the filename to prevent the problem.
I love the program for dealing with music duplicates or any type of file, I just thought you should know about this problem. Thanks!
let's say you have 3 files with different content/hashes but the same name in various folders, I would use duplicate cleaner to find these (let's say mp3 files with the same artist+title, but a different md5 hash) and then move them to one directory to review which copy is best.
ver 2.0.4 or previous would make file copy (1) and file copy (2) and so on without complaint. I could later find all the files in the desired directory.
2.0.5 in windows 7 would complain that the 2nd file could not be written since a file exists, so I had to make a directory and put the 2nd copy in there or rename the file.
2.0.6 simply overwrites the 1st file with any subsequent files it moves into the directory. This behavior surprised me so I started using hashes in the filename to prevent the problem.
I love the program for dealing with music duplicates or any type of file, I just thought you should know about this problem. Thanks!