A computer file is a collection of information (data) stored on some physical media with an individual name unique to the directory where it resides. The data may or may not be stored contiguously and the name may or may not be case sensitive (depends on the OS/FS).
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Unknown files in My Documents
I ran WinDirStat,and found about half of C drive filled with 139 656.2MB files.
They are in C:\Documents and settings\(my name)\my documents\. The names go from Drive_C.001 to .139. They don't show up ...
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Rsync as another user (www-data)
I usually use a graphical SSH client to sync a local and remote directory. And I have to set the ownership of all the files from root to www-data.
Can I do the same with Rsync, only that I do it as ...
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Hide a web seed in torrent file
I want to seed a torrent from direct link. But users can see a direct link in .torrent
file web option, so that they will not use the torrent and could go to directly download from
the link.
Any one ...
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Huge .sys File on C: Drive (not pagefile.sys or hiberfil.sys)
I've just noticed a huge 33GB .sys file on my C: drive and I'm not sure if its safe to delete it?
The path is C:\ {a3f2acc2-08cc-11df-9cc8-806e6f6f6862}{a3f2acc2-08cc-11df-9cc8-806e6f6f6862}.sys
Any ...
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Delete un-wanted files from a folder based on file type
I need help on finding a tool to delete certain files with a specific file types from a directory on Windows.
Lets say I have a folder with 500 files, 150 files with extension .pdf, and 350 with ...
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Search for exe file within a condition
I want to search for all .exe files greater than 200 kB or smaller than 120 kB in the current folder and its subfolders. Then I want to move them to another folder called "folder" and execute in this ...
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How can I find files that have changed between certain times?
I have windows 7 box with cygwin installed. I have multiple folders with files, within a single root folder. I want to find the list of files that have a time stamp within a specific date time range.
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bash script to remove select files
I have a series of files that are named according to field.%d.vtk and are generated when I run a C++ code. The codes does a series of computation inside a for-loop and dumps the output whenever i%N == ...
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Obtain file access permissions on read-only-mounted volume? (Windows 7)
I made an image of my entire C:\ drive using EaseUS Todo Backup Free, before formatting and setting up a new Windows (7 Professional) system. I can mount that image read-only in Todo Backup and copy ...
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OSX Document Package on Windows ? Or hiding the contents of a directory as a single file?
On OSX there's the concept of a Document Package, which is basically a directory that is shown to the user as a single file. This is the Apple documentation about it:
If your document file formats ...
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Corrupted files in a CD
I burned JPEG & TIFF files on December 2011 on a CD. I made sure that after burning the files were okay.
But when I opened the CD on May 2012, the TIFF files were corrupted. I can open the files ...
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How can I delete a file with an invalid character in the name? (Win7)
I am trying to delete a file named "Kanno, Yoko - Where Does This Ocean Go?.mp3" from my hard drive in Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and it keeps telling me that it cannot because the file name is too long ...
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Recursive extracting of tree structure of included text file documents from command line?
I often find myself needing this:
Say you have a test.c file; it includes other files, say:
#include <stdio.h>
#include "mylib.h"
#include "../mylib_extra.h"
#include "../mylib_bonus.h"
...
...
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Can't find the path to proxy.pac file in OS X
I need to control my proxy.pac file in OS X, but I couldn't find it anywhere.
I used
whereis proxy.pac
from terminal too — the whole story short: I want to find the path to a file in Mac OSX.
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1answer
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File Transfer Logging & Security
I am looking to send the files out from my server. (Windows 2003) I understand a common way is to use FTP to transfer the files out.
I would like to ask if there are any other mechanisms out there ...
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How to search recursively for a string in linux?
I want to search recursively for files containing a string. I want to search:
Files in and under the directory I'm standing in currently
A specific directory.
I want to see only results. I don't ...
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File synchronising software
Throughout my PC I have to have exactly the same files in more than one location (for one reason or another) and it's getting really difficult to keep track of them all and keep them all up-to-date ...
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Permissions, Rights & Privileges
I only have the privileges of a normal user on a Windows environment (XP). I would like to ask the following questions.
(1) Are any/all attempts to access a log file(text) logged somewhere ?
(2) Are ...
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how to unlock file without kill related process
I currently use OpenedFilesView for control file handle but it is windows based. i want console application for build automation process. i want something like following code
unlockfile file.txt
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OS X - Too many files in a folder, can't move them
I have over 200,000 files in a folder, which I need to sequence into a movie. Quicktime Pro gives me an error so I'm trying to split up the images into various folders. Sadly, Finder is not letting me ...
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Recover partially download file auto deleted by Chrome
Where can I find partially completed download file (from chrome ) on my system as(chrome and chromium) it delete them in event of interruption (NET ISSUE).
I need the file so that I complete download ...
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Windows 7; select multiple files, only opens one
Whenever I am in Explorer and try to open multiple files (of the same extension and type) it only opens one. The process is as follows:
Select top file
Shift
Click last file
File > Open
Only the ...
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Outlook 2007 - Bulk Renaming of Personal Folders?
I have seen this question in regards to bulk renaming of file folders, but not bulk renaming of personal folders in outlook - so the question is - is there anyway to bulk rename personal folders in ...
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Photo information in Windows Explorer
How can I see in windows explorer listing if an image is RGB, CMYK, YCbCr.
I tried with all available columns, but none seems to give me that informaion.
Thanks
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Why copying files in one partition is much faster than copying files to another partition?
there is someone who ask me about it, and i dont know the answer..
if you know the answer , please comment. Thanks :)
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Make a file non-deletable in USB
Somebody used my USB drive and upon returning it to me, I found a autorun.inf that is undeletable.
I tried changing it's file attribute which is only H (not even set as a system file) but it keeps on ...
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Verifying file integrity on NTFS under linux
I have an NTFS volume that I share between a linux machine and a windows machine. Recently I have had a couple of strange problems where files have become corrupted. This has affected some media ...
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When I order files by an unusual meta column, does the computer read headers of the files or just a structured list like a data table?
Is there a file system which will reduce the need for indexing files and saves the meta headers automatically on the disk? It would work like a hardware acceleration for indexing all files for some ...
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Find and move hidden files from sub-directories with batch file not working
I'm trying to use this batch file to find and move files... but it does not work on hidden files.
What's missing?
@echo off
setlocal
set root=E:\backup
set dest=E:\Tmp
for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir ...
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Looking to report on last file access for our archives
We are looking to generate a report that would let us know when files in our archive were last accessed. We are trying to determine which files can be moved to lower cost and slower storage devices, ...
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When editing an existing file with VIM: will it replace or change that file?
I've read that most editors will replace the file when you actually want to save changes to that file How to execute a command whenever a file changes?. So how does VIM behave?
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Delete all files that don't start with a certain string in a folder
How can I delete all files that don't start with "2012" in a particular folder?
This is on OS X Lion.
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How to create a custom Windows 7 ISO file
I have a customised Windows 7 that was written to USB. But I would like to create an ISO file so that i can install this on Virtualbox, as Virtualbox does not boot from USB. However when I create an ...
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Program crash in Win7/X64 related to filenames with % in them
For a while now I've had this reproducible error:
If I try to open any file (so regardless of its extension) that has a % in its name, regardless of the method of opening (click on it in Explorer, ...
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Is there a way to lock folder and all files inside for specific time?
Is there a way / tool to lock folder and all files inside for specific time to prevent any other program on PC to perform any actions? Something like anti-Unlocker tool for Windows.
I use Windows ...
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Do something when a file is changed
When I write a LaTeX document, I find myself to press F6 in my editor to compile often. Or when I use SASS, I often type make to convert my .scss into .css.
Now I would like to let the machine do the ...
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Is it safe to delete Windows post installation files?
I have Windows XP installed on the first partition and the second partition is empty. I also have an external hard drive plugged in. I installed Windows Vista on the second partition and now my ...
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Internet Explorer opening files with the wrong program
Before I start - I am using Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 9.
I have uploaded some files to my employers content management system and these files were created by software called WriteOnline. The ...
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List files recursively and sort by modification time
How do I list all files under a directory recursively and sort the output by modification time?
I normally use ls -lhtc but it doesn't find all files recursively. I am using Linux and Mac.
ls -l on ...
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Windows Explorer: What video file did I view last?
I have a lot of episodes on my computer, but I always forget, what episode I watched last.
Is there a plugin or some possibility to see in Windows Explorer, what file I opened the last time or when I ...
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What is the difference between filecopy or image to copy a systemdrive?
is it right, that filecopys of the systemdive done with programms like runtimes "shadowcopy" don't copy deleted files but visible or hidden and systemfiles or protected?
Is it right that after ...
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how to undelete files on btrfs partition?
How do I undelete (recover) a deleted file on a btrfs partition?
I have not taken a snapshot yet, so I can't use that feature. I know there are some tools for other Linux file systems, but google ...
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excel 2003: file too big even its empty
I have one excel file that consist of 3 sheets. Each sheet consist of text and image. The file grow up until 171KB. Then I copy one sheet become single file and save as a new file (newbook.xls). And I ...
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increasing size of .disk fat32 file size
I am struggling to increase a .disk image file ( fat32 formatted ). But not getting success.
link to file
its around 3 mb. After mounting when I put additional files, it says out of space.
I have ...
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How will I know if two files are identical?
I am currently developing an application and compile it to create a .exe file. Then our operations team copy the compiled application in our test client computer.
Now, an error occur when testing the ...
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How to remove “System File” attribute form a file without Command Prompt?
Is it possible to take away a file's system file status without using command prompt? Basically, I want to do this:
attrib "folder" -s
attrib "file" -s
without using command prompt, or a batch ...
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How to install a .dsc file on linux
I have to install manually a file with a type I never seen before: .dsc
How can I install this kind of file on linux??
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New files Log monitoring?
I want to install (setup.exe) a software but before I go this, before I do this I want to know where it will install and what it will be changed.
Is there a software log new files and change?
Also ...
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How Can I Create A Dump File of Running Process in Linux
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I have a question and I hope to your answear.
In windows, It is easy to get a dump file. right?
but In Linux, I don't know create dump file.
Help me and Show me your ability.
thank you for ...
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Program to find filetype [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a tool that can determine the file type from containing data?
Short: I need a program that can identify the filetype of a file regardless of it's extension
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