On 2018-03-08 "jEsuSdA 8)" <lis...@jesusda.com> wrote: [...] > I have a folder with subfolders, and inside them, there are duplicate files.
> /main-folder/ > > /sub-folder1/ > > /sub-folder2/ > > file-1.jpg > > file-2.jpg > > file-2-copy.jpg > If I run fslint-gui inside sub-folder2, when searching for duplicate files, > fslint detects file2.jpg and file2-copy.jpg are duplicates. > But, if I run fslint-gui inside main-folder and check "recursive", when > searching for duplicate files, no one is located, although we know there are > two duplicate files in sub-folder2. > If I downgrade the findutils package, fslint-gui is capable to find > file2.jpg and file-2-copy.jpg as duplicates when searching from main-folder > recursively. > I hope been able to explain this issue. ;) Hello, thanks for the detailed description. Do you see the error without gui? I have just tried in vain: ametzler@argenau:~$ mkdir -p /tmp/main-folder/sub-folder{1,2}/ ; echo "identical files" > /tmp/main-folder/sub-folder2/file-2.jpg ; echo "identical files" > /tmp/main-folder/sub-folder2/file-2-copy.jpg ; echo different > /tmp/main-folder/sub-folder2/file-1.jpg ametzler@argenau:~$ dpkg -s findutils | grep Version Version: 4.6.0+git+20170828-2 ametzler@argenau:/tmp$ /usr/share/fslint/fslint/findup /tmp/main-folder sub-folder2/file-2-copy.jpg sub-folder2/file-2.jpg TIA, cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'