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KickStart to Find and Delete True Duplicate Files - 11/22/2007 6:34:46 AM   
  asgarcymed

 

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Status: offline 		 I want to create a VBS script able to search for true duplicate files (same SIZE + same MD5 HASH/CHECKSUM), and after deleting clones.

Main features: filters to include and/or exclude files and/or folders; total recursive search; automatic deletion of duplicate files according to previously defined rules.

Getting each file's size is relatively easy; unlike getting MD5... Maybe an external ActiveX=COM component could help getting MD5?

The script can write a CSV file with:
Full Path,Size,MD5

But, how to read such CSV file in order to find {same SIZE +(,) same MD5}

Do you have any general guidelines/tips how to do this?

Thanks in advance.

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RE: KickStart to Find and Delete True Duplicate Files - 11/22/2007 2:49:06 PM   
  dm_4ever


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RE: KickStart to Find and Delete True Duplicate Files - 11/22/2007 3:29:39 PM   
  asgarcymed

 

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Status: offline 		XStandard MD5 Component is very good, and really, I did not know it to exist... Thanks for teaching it! ;)


However, I still have doubts:

The script can write a CSV file with:
Full Path,Size,MD5

But, how to read such CSV file in order to find {same SIZE +(,) same MD5}


Thanks.

Regards.

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RE: KickStart to Find and Delete True Duplicate Files - 11/23/2007 10:47:48 AM   
  dm_4ever


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Status: offline 		Seems this question has been asked in at least two more forums and as has been suggested...an array or dictionary would be useful.

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RE: KickStart to Find and Delete True Duplicate Files - 11/23/2007 12:08:59 PM   
  asgarcymed

 

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Status: offline 		That's right...
Usually I like to read many different books about each subject because each author says things in a particular way, and it like seeing many photos taken by different angles... That's also why I post questions in more than 1 forum... I hope you not to be offended with that...

Thanks.

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