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Jul. 17, 2006
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Search sub folders: If it's selected, the files in sub folders will also be searched, otherwise, only the files in your selected folders will be searched.
File name compare:
File name must be identical: If it's selected, the file name (not include the extension) must be same, otherwise, file name will not be checked.
For example, two files "d:\test.txt" and "c:\tryit\test.doc", are same file name though their paths and extensions are different.
File extension must be identical: If it's selected, the file extension must be same.
For example, two files "d:\my.txt" and "c:\tryit\your.txt", are same file extension though their paths and name are different.
File compare:
Don't compare file: If it's selected, FileCake doesn't compare any file content or checksum. This is useful when, 1, you want to compare file name only, 2, compare MP3 tags only, or 3, compare files line by line.
Compare file size: If it's selected, the files with different file size will not be compared. You should always select this option.
Compare checksum(MD5): If it's selected, FileCake will compute the files MD5 and compare them to decide whether their content is same. This is the slowest method. Only select it when you want the files' MD5 is shown in the file list.
Compare MD5 quickly: If it's selected, FileCake will compute and compare the files MD5 in a smart way which is much faster than the non-smart compare. However, if you select this method, the result file list won't contain the MD5 value.
Compare content byte by byte: If it's selected, the files content will be compared byte by byte. This is most accurate. From version 2.0, byte by byte comparison is very fast. It is almost as fast as 'Compare MD5 quickly' method.
Optimize search speed for:
File count: The smallest files will be compared first, thus you can find the largest number of duplicate files in certain time.
File size: The biggest files will be compared first, thus you can find the duplicate files that take you most disk space in certain time.
If you will not break the search process, above two options are exactly the same.
Don't process MP3 tags: By default, FileCake doesn't process MP3 tags.
Ignore MP3 ID3 tags: If this option is selected, the mp3 ID3 tag information will be ignored when computing checksum or comparing files content. This is very useful to find the same mp3 files with only different ID3 tag.
Only compare ID3 tags: If it's selected, the files are considered same only when their ID3 tags are same. This is useful if you want to classify your MP3s by artist, album, or other criteria.
If you only want to search mp3, be sure to add file name filter as '*.mp3' or '*.mpga', otherwise, other type files will be compared too.
Enable line by line compare: If this option is selected, files will be compared with line by line algorithm. This is useful to compare text file such as program source code.
Ignore blank line: If this option is selected, all blank lines will be ignored.
Case insensitive: If this option is selected, differences in case between the characters are ignored. For example, 'a' and 'A' is the same only when this option is selected.
Ignor leading blank space: If this option is selected, the leading blank space in the front of a line is ignored. For example, ' abc' and 'abc' is the same when this option is selected.
Ignor trailing blank space: If this option is selected, the trailing blank space in the end of a line is ignored. For example, 'abc ' and 'abc' is the same when this option is selected.
Ignore blank space between words: If this option is selected, all blank space between each non-blank characters are ignored, not include the leading and trailing blank space.
Some feasible suggestions on setting these options:
1, If you only want to find duplicate files with exactly same content, use 'Compare MD5 quickly'.
2, If you want to find duplicate mp3 files and ignore the ID3 tags, always set the name filter to '*.mp3' or '*.mpga', and don't forget to select 'Compare MD5 quickly'.
3, If you want to find duplicate text files line by line, always select 'Don't compare file', and always set the name filter to proper text file externsions that you want to search in, eg '*.pas', or '*.c;*.cpp'.
Start searching:
Three ways to start a search,
1, Press F9
2, Click menu 'Search'->'Start search'
3, Click the toolbar button
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