Compare files without their sub directory location

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Beo112

Problem:
I got many unsorted files, i want to know if they are already on a backup drive within a given directory structure. Is it possible to compare unique file names in two different directory structures, with or without size or date?

When the comparison is done, i want:
If i already have a backup of many of those files, i can leave them to be deleted.
If they don't exist in the backup, i can either move the few manually or as a batch.

So can i compare files at two locations without the sub-directory location included in the filter?
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Joined: 8 May 2006

therube

With Everything (1.5 Alpha), you can do something like:

?:/LIB/ distinct: file:

Which would search for distinct file names within a [drive]:/LIB/ directory tree.
Like I have C:/LIB/ & K:/LIB/, & with above, I can see file (names) that are distinct, not in both locations.

Or something like:

?:/LIB/ distinct: file: freefilesync .zip

Tells me that I have FreeFileSync_13.8_[Donation_Edition]_Windows_Portable.zip on my K: drive (in K:/LIB/), but not on by C: drive - at least not in C:/LIB/. Though it also shows that I also have many other versions of "freefilesync .zip" that are in my C:/LIB/ directory that are not in my K:/LIB/ directory.


Heh.
Don't hold me to the above ;-).
Do I want distinct: up there or unique: ?
Well, it's apt to be 1 or the other.