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Need a strange program

A

Allen

Flightless Bird
Due partially to operator error, I would ike to find a program that will
compare two directories and list all files that occur in either of the
two but not both--just the opposite of the very handy DoubleKiller,
which shows files that occur in both of two directories. This might seem
like a trivial request, but the files in question are music files--210
gb containing over over 12,000 files, and my backup, of roughly the same
size but obviously not exactly the same. Has anyone ever encountered
such a program?
Allen
 
S

Sunny Bard

Flightless Bird
Allen wrote:

> Due partially to operator error, I would ike to find a program that will
> compare two directories and list all files that occur in either of the
> two but not both


http://winmerge.org/
 
M

Mortimer

Flightless Bird
"Sunny Bard" <sunnybard@txinfo.org> wrote in message
news:hlss10$q3d$1@sunnybard.eternal-september.org...
> Allen wrote:
>
>> Due partially to operator error, I would ike to find a program that will
>> compare two directories and list all files that occur in either of the
>> two but not both

>
> http://winmerge.org/


Also Microsoft SyncToy (set to Synchronise) will list the differences and
will then copy the differing files from folder A to folder B and vice versa
until the two folders are the same - which is probably what you ant to
achive once you've got the list of "in A but not in B" and "in B but not in
A".
 
T

Tom C

Flightless Bird
"Mortimer" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:hlsvt1$n8d$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> "Sunny Bard" <sunnybard@txinfo.org> wrote in message
> news:hlss10$q3d$1@sunnybard.eternal-september.org...
>> Allen wrote:
>>
>>> Due partially to operator error, I would ike to find a program that will
>>> compare two directories and list all files that occur in either of the
>>> two but not both

>>
>> http://winmerge.org/

>
> Also Microsoft SyncToy (set to Synchronise) will list the differences and
> will then copy the differing files from folder A to folder B and vice
> versa until the two folders are the same - which is probably what you ant
> to achive once you've got the list of "in A but not in B" and "in B but
> not in A".


And I thought I was bad with 140 Gigs of mp3s and another 25 Gigs of music
videos. I'm afraid to get any more because my iPod won't hold any more.
 
E

EB

Flightless Bird
Total Commander www.ghisler.com simply the best file manager ever written.

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:36:16 -0600, Allen <allent@austin.rr.com> wrote:

>Due partially to operator error, I would ike to find a program that will
>compare two directories and list all files that occur in either of the
>two but not both--just the opposite of the very handy DoubleKiller,
>which shows files that occur in both of two directories. This might seem
>like a trivial request, but the files in question are music files--210
>gb containing over over 12,000 files, and my backup, of roughly the same
>size but obviously not exactly the same. Has anyone ever encountered
>such a program?
>Allen
 
S

SC Tom

Flightless Bird
"Tom C" <bettablue@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:phogn.5449$Cw3.2140@newsfe21.iad...
> "Mortimer" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:hlsvt1$n8d$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>
>> "Sunny Bard" <sunnybard@txinfo.org> wrote in message
>> news:hlss10$q3d$1@sunnybard.eternal-september.org...
>>> Allen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Due partially to operator error, I would ike to find a program that
>>>> will
>>>> compare two directories and list all files that occur in either of the
>>>> two but not both
>>>
>>> http://winmerge.org/

>>
>> Also Microsoft SyncToy (set to Synchronise) will list the differences and
>> will then copy the differing files from folder A to folder B and vice
>> versa until the two folders are the same - which is probably what you ant
>> to achive once you've got the list of "in A but not in B" and "in B but
>> not in A".

>
> And I thought I was bad with 140 Gigs of mp3s and another 25 Gigs of music
> videos. I'm afraid to get any more because my iPod won't hold any more.


Soon you'll have to upgrade to the iPod with wheels LOL!!
 
L

LouB

Flightless Bird
EB wrote:
> Total Commander www.ghisler.com simply the best file manager ever written.
>
> On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:36:16 -0600, Allen <allent@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Due partially to operator error, I would ike to find a program that will
>> compare two directories and list all files that occur in either of the
>> two but not both--just the opposite of the very handy DoubleKiller,
>> which shows files that occur in both of two directories. This might seem
>> like a trivial request, but the files in question are music files--210
>> gb containing over over 12,000 files, and my backup, of roughly the same
>> size but obviously not exactly the same. Has anyone ever encountered
>> such a program?
>> Allen

>

Expensive
 
D

Dave

Flightless Bird
"Mortimer" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:hlsvt1$n8d$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> "Sunny Bard" <sunnybard@txinfo.org> wrote in message
> news:hlss10$q3d$1@sunnybard.eternal-september.org...
>> Allen wrote:
>>
>>> Due partially to operator error, I would ike to find a program that will
>>> compare two directories and list all files that occur in either of the
>>> two but not both

>>
>> http://winmerge.org/

>
> Also Microsoft SyncToy (set to Synchronise) will list the differences and
> will then copy the differing files from folder A to folder B and vice
> versa until the two folders are the same - which is probably what you ant
> to achive once you've got the list of "in A but not in B" and "in B but
> not in A".

Thanks for the tip, I used the SyncToy and it's a great option compared to
how I've been doing it manually to keep a laptop, desktop and a thumb drive
sychronized.
Dave
 
A

Allen

Flightless Bird
On 2/21/2010 8:36 PM, Allen wrote:
> Due partially to operator error, I would ike to find a program that will
> compare two directories and list all files that occur in either of the
> two but not both--just the opposite of the very handy DoubleKiller,
> which shows files that occur in both of two directories. This might seem
> like a trivial request, but the files in question are music files--210
> gb containing over over 12,000 files, and my backup, of roughly the same
> size but obviously not exactly the same. Has anyone ever encountered
> such a program?
> Allen

Thanks to those who posted. I have downloaded both Winmerge and Synctoy
and will give them a try. And, for those that were surprised at the size
of my files, they are the result of burning hundreds of classical CDs at
320. I haven't finished, though--I probably have about the same volume
to complete. I mostly just play them on my computer--at least until I
can afford a big player. I right now I'm using a small Zune with several
32 gig DSHCs.
Allen
 
C

Char Jackson

Flightless Bird
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:28:00 -0600, Allen <allent@austin.rr.com>
wrote:

>Thanks to those who posted. I have downloaded both Winmerge and Synctoy
>and will give them a try. And, for those that were surprised at the size
>of my files, they are the result of burning hundreds of classical CDs at
>320. I haven't finished, though--I probably have about the same volume
>to complete. I mostly just play them on my computer--at least until I
>can afford a big player. I right now I'm using a small Zune with several
>32 gig DSHCs.
>Allen


Suddenly, my 41,000 file digital music collection seems excessive.
 
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