Picking the needle out of the haystack

[ryan256]

I have a folder containing +20k media files that adds up to a bit over 620MB of data.
On the central server the folder contains 20785 files. But on one of the remote sites the folder contains 20782 files. I really don't want to copy all 620MB just to get these three < 1mb files. But trying to pick through 20k+ files and find which three are missing would be a total pain in the butt too. There has to be a tool that can do this somewhere.

How would ATOT do this?

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: ryan256

How would ATOT do this?

Outsource to India.

 

[isekii]

nvm

 

[spidey07]

dir > output.txt on both sides. Slap in excel and do a compare.

 

[Alienwho]

Everything is your solution. I love this program now and use it all the time.

 

[hanoverphist]

start at the top with both directories in separate windows, make sure the one at the top is the same in both... delete from both sides. do this until you find the one at the top has a different name from the other.



(dont really, im just kidding)

 

[Q]

I don't even understand the question

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: Quintox
I don't even understand the question

Two directories with lots of files that are supposed to be the same in each directory. One of them has 2 extra files and the OP is trying to figure out what those two files are.

 

[Platypus]

awk out the filenames and then use diff to compare the two sets

 

[nakedfrog]

Plug both directories into WinMerge, and have it only show differences.

 

[dullard]

I'm really happy with Beyond Compare. While, I've never tried it with 20,000 files, it works quite well for comparing two folders or even two files. Then you can manually copy or update files in either direction or with one button, the software will update them for you.

It is a life saver for programming, for keeping multiple computers up to date, or for group writing where one idiot wrote to a Word file when someone else is editing it at the same time and you end up with two edited files.

 

[ryan256]

Originally posted by: spidey07
dir > output.txt on both sides. Slap in excel and do a compare.

Found em! This method worked after I remembered how to get excel to compare columns.

 

[maziwanka]

Originally posted by: ryan256

Originally posted by: spidey07
dir > output.txt on both sides. Slap in excel and do a compare.

Found em! This method worked after I remembered how to get excel to compare columns.

well done (and good suggestion)