Introduction
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FDUPES is a program for identifying duplicate files residing
within specified directories. 


Usage
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Usage: fdupes [options] DIRECTORY...

 -r --recurse  		include files residing in subdirectories
 -q --quiet    		hide progress indicator
 -1 --sameline 		list duplicates on a single line
 -S --size     		show size of duplicate files
 -s --symlinks 		follow symlinks
 -H --hardlinks		normally, when two or more files point to the same
               		disk area they are treated as non-duplicates; this
               		option will reverse this behavior
 -n --noempty  		exclude zero-length files from consideration
 -d --delete   		prompt user for files to preserve and delete all others
               		important: under particular circumstances, data
               		may be lost when using this option together with -s
               		or --symlinks, or when specifying a particular
               		directory more than once; refer to the fdupes
               		documentation for additional information
 -v --version  		display fdupes version
 -h --help     		display this help message

Unless -1 or --sameline is specified, duplicate files are listed 
together in groups, each file displayed on a separate line. The
groups are then separated from each other by blank lines.

When using -d or --delete, care should be taken to insure against
accidental data loss. While no information will be immediately
lost, using this option together with -s or --symlink can lead 
to confusing information being presented to the user when prompted
for files to preserve. Specifically, a user could accidentally
preserve a symlink while deleting the file it points to. A similar
problem arises when specifying a particular directory more than 
once. All files within that directory will be listed as their own
duplicates, leading to data loss should a user preserve a file 
without its "duplicate" (the file itself!).


Contact Information for Adrian Lopez
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email: [email protected]


Legal Information
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FDUPES Copyright (c) 1999 Adrian Lopez

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files
(the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS 
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF 
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. 
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY 
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, 
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.