How to fast compare folders based on name and sizes only

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dcwul62
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How to fast compare folders based on name and sizes only

Post by dcwul62 »

When comparing (many, 20K+) folders Duplicate Cleaner is calculating hashes. Sometimes that may take an hour or so.
I only want to compare :
-folder names
-folder sizes

when folder names and sizes are identical - they are duplicates.

Selecting "Ignore content (match by tags or attributes"
I can select same folder names, but there is no same folder sizes.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
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DigitalVolcano
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Re: How to fast compare folders based on name and sizes only

Post by DigitalVolcano »

Try 'Same file sizes' - that is very fast and will match duplicate folders based on them having the same amount of files with matching file sizes.
dcwul62
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Re: How to fast compare folders based on name and sizes only

Post by dcwul62 »

Thank you.
My 'mistake': forgot to tag the checkbox "Ignore duplicate groups within the same folder" ... ahum...
Needed parent folders only.

Thanks again.
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