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Search Settings windowThis window helps customize search settings. One can say it is the most significant window. The result of scanning depends mostly upon how correct you made settings here. The Requirements for duplicate matches chapter points out what is to be compared. Files not answering these conditions will be discarded. For example, if you compare files by names, and two ones have different filenames (differ at least one character), then they will be considered different. To tell the truth, if filenames are equal, it does not mean that these files will be really identical. They must meet all other parameters. This chapter includes such options:
The Compare files chapter is only available if Same content is checked. It gives opportunity to perform byte-to-byte comparison, beginning from the start or end of files. It is reasonable to use comparison of files beginning from the end, if they have not same sizes and differ at the beginning mostly. To read further about this and described below options, go here. The Consider files same chapter is also available if Same content is checked. During scan process the program reads bytes from files by turns and compares in pairs. If the quantity of coincided data is more or equal to a specified per cent, then these files are considered same. You can input any real number from 0 to 100. When given 100 per cent, then files will be considered duplicate if their contents are absolutely identical. The Find files which size chapter discards files by size. You may exclude from search, files with lengths less or bigger than specified size. Also if Same size is unchecked, comparison of files with size difference more than specified number of bytes. For example, you typed 16384. Then files with sizes of 213456 and 199533 bytes will be compared, but files with sizes of 240573 and 199533 bytes will not. Also you can ignore zero-length files. The Shortcuts chapter has the only option Resolve shortcuts during scan. If during scan, shortcuts are found then destination files or folders will be included in the search. In addition to that, there is a possibility to add or remove files from search by attributes in Find files with attributes and Search folders with attributes chapters. If an attribute is unchecked then all files and folders with this attribute set will be excluded from search. If checked then all files and folders with this attribute cleared will be excluded from search. If grayed then all files and folders will be scanned no matter this attribute is set or not. | ||
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