dupefinder

dupefinder

Detect duplicate files across different machines, using SHA256

Introductory blog post: https://rocketeer.be/blog/2015/05/dupefinder/

Installation

go get github.com/rubenv/dupefinder/...

Usage

Usage: dupefinder -generate filename folder...
    Generates a catalog file at filename based on one or more folders

Usage: dupefinder -detect [-dryrun / -rm] filename folder...
    Detects duplicates using a catalog file in on one or more folders

  -detect=false: Detect duplicate files using a catalog
  -dryrun=false: Print what would be deleted
  -generate=false: Generate a catalog file
  -rm=false: Delete detected duplicates (at your own risk!)

As a library

Import into your application with:

import "github.com/rubenv/dupefinder"

Usage

func Detect

func Detect(catalog string, echo, rm bool, folders ...string) error

Detect duplicates. Set echo to true to print duplicates, rm to delete them.

func Generate

func Generate(catalog string, folders ...string) error

Generate a catalog file based on a set of folders

type DupeCatalog

type DupeCatalog map[string]string

Catalog of hash to filename mappings

func ParseCatalog

func ParseCatalog(filename string) (DupeCatalog, error)

Parse the catalog file at filename

func ParseCatalogReader

func ParseCatalogReader(reader io.Reader) (DupeCatalog, error)

Parse a catalog file using an io.Reader

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (C) 2015 by Ruben Vermeersch <ruben@rocketeer.be>

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