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Offline Gutbucket

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I'm going though my raw recording archives- backups stored on various hdds stored in multiple places, consolidating, cleaning things up, FLACing old non-compressed stuff, etc.  General archive/file management stuff.

It's a PITA looking for directory/file differences by using 'file properties' across large selected groups of directories, comparing the byte size of the two selections, slowly narrowing down the selections by half until I can locate where any differences actually lie.  Looking for a good tool which compares two selected ranges of directories and produces a list of all discrepancies between them.  Can anyone recommend a good file/directory comparison tool for Windows (7 / XP), preferably free/shareware?
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I could probably write something in Perl; it wouldn't be pretty, but it would get the job done. It would, of course, need to be run command line.

If interested, let me know.
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There are lots of free / OpenSource diff & compare tools which will allow you to compare the contents of two directories.


If you're going to automate your cleanup tasks or if there are more specific requirements, I'd go with some Perl or Python script, too.

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Thanks to you both.

I'll check out the options linked above and see if that does the trick.
musical volition > vibrations > voltages > numeric values > voltages > vibrations> virtual teleportation time-machine experience
Better recording made easy - >>Improved PAS table<< | Made excellent- >>click here to download the Oddball Microphone Technique illustrated PDF booklet<< (note: This is a 1st draft, now several years old and in need of revision!  Stay tuned)

 

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