On 20 Jun 2008 at 8:38, Adrian P Wilkinson wrote: > Howdy, > > I've been tasked with tackling dealing with a large (18,000+ files) dump of > data from a previous file server - unfortunately the person that did it has > created 'Archive' and 'Archive2' folders without labelling date. Timestamps > on a few randomly chosen files incidcate that the data in 'Archive2' is > newer, but the timestamp on the 'Archive' folder indicates that it is newer. > > Most likely, the contents of 'Archive2' is the most recent versions but I'd > rather not chance throwing away some newer data by accepting it at face > value. Does anyone have any recommendations for a tool that can look for > files with the same name and file size between the two folders and then > delete one of them so that we can merge what's left together to have one set > of data? Depending on how files have the same name but different file > sizes, a recommendation for a side-by-side comparison utility would be nice > too.
I use Total Commander from ghisler.com -- it has a directory-synch tool which will do a bit-by-bit comparison on files in two different directories (including subdirs) and then allow you to sync the dirs. For comparison, I use ExamDiff -- there's a Pro version but the free version has worked fine for me. > Thanks, as always, for your help in advance. > > Regards, Ade. > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +-----------------------------------+ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
