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Is there a compression method for compressing a group of very similar files, without archiving them?
I want to compress a large nuber of files that have near identical headers, and also some data, however I do not wish to archive them, nor do I wish to zip them individually(because the copression ...
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Is there a tool that can Unlock and Delete a file? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I delete a 'locked' file?
I'm looking for a tool that can help me Force unlock a file and then be able to delete it.
Any suggestions?
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Undelete utility for Windows with Sync capability before undeleting
I accidentally deleted a large >200GB folder of files from a USB drive, which given the size of the folder was not put in the recycle bin. Whilst I can undelete this manually using a tool such as ...
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locate similarly named files
I'm running OS X 10.7.3. I would like to locate all the files that have common strings in their filenames.
I have a folder that contains several files whose filenames are the same except for the ...
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File manager with tags and video preview
Is there a tagged file manager with video previews that you get in the normal windows explorer?
I tried these tagged file managers and none of them have a video preview for videos, often showing ...
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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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Using the ls -l with a pipe how can i get it to display the 8th file in the list without the file details
I am looking to display the 8th file name in a directory using ls -l and pipe for example
ls -l | wc -1 would give me the count but what i want to have returned is the 8th file name in the directory ...
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How to safely move all my Picasa folders to another drive
My c:\camera directory contains about 150Gb of photos and videos, with many years worth of Picasa edits. Generally I haven't used the "save edited photos to disk" function, so what's on disk is ...
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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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Seach in iTunes by file location
Is there a way to have iTunes show where a file is located, and search on that field?
I know I can "get info" on individual files, but that isn't feasible for large numbers of files,nor is it a ...
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Bluetooth filesystem sync?
Does such software exist?
What I'd like to do is keep a set of files updated between two machines using bluetooth so that I may edit them on both computers, and changes get automatically ...
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Rsync statistics number of files
I'm using rsync with -vrlHh --delete --stats --force options to mirror two directories.
The first directory is the source and it's my external hd, the destination directory is empty because I've just ...
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How can I organise files in a disconnected manner?
I know that cloud and syncing solutions are popular now, but I've got a scenario where I would like to work with files in a disconnected manner (i.e. without a network connection back to the computer ...
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How do I reset my Open File dialog box on Mac?
Every time I open a file in any application, the open dialog box looks like this. The divider in the center is pulled all the way to the right. How can I reset this so that it is centered by ...
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Tool for managing file routing on Windows XP
I would like to be able to see when a file is created/read/edited, and be able to reroute thoughs events to a new location the next time that transaction is executed to another local file path.
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Copy lots of files ignoring errors
I am trying to copy files from a corrupted hard drive. Not all of them will copy - some have CRC errors and will stall. I would like to skip those files and continue with the rest of the copy - but ...
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Self-hosted repository for large files (X-platform)
I'm looking for something well suited to syncing folders full of large media (eg photos, music) across several machines, ideally with revisions. I'm using SparkleShare for text and other small files, ...
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Has Anyone Made a Program to Manage Scripts (Non-CM)? Recommendations?
I find myself often writing shell scripts in Linux and losing track of them over time. What I would love is a program that stores a copy of the script, along with a descriptive note I write at the ...
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How do I delete the “HDDRecovery” folder on a Toshiba Laptop (Windows 7)?
I have a problem with a recovery folder called HDDRecovery on my D: drive, which is an NTFS primary partition (start partition is C:).
The OS is Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, German.
The logged-in ...
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Looking for a Norton Commander -like file manager to connect via SSH to a linux server from Windows
I am looking for a tool to manage files on a remote linux computer via a SSH session from my windows 7 computer. I want this tool to help me copy files from one folder on that computer to another ...
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What was scientifically shown to support productivity when structural organizing/accessing file and folders? [closed]
My Personal Information Management problem
I have gathered terabytes of data but it has became a habit to store files and folders to the same folder, that folder could be kind of seen as a Inbox ...
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How to index filenames, size and basic informations for every file on a network?
I have several machines, most of then are Linux and one of them is under Mac OS X. Each machine has several internal hard drives, and I also have a few external hard drives.
How can I reliably find ...
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How can I add metadata to NTFS files/folders?
I want to tag different file types (i.e. .pdf, .epub, .iso, .bin, folders,..) using the same descriptive fields. For example i would like a metadata field "type" which would be "eBook" on pdf- and ...
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Deleting a folder - it appears to think everything is individually shared (are actually junction points)
I have a strange issue deleting two TEMP user profiles on a server.
I have full ownership of all the files, but every single folder in the hierarchy seems to think it is individually shared, so I get ...
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Have start menu index applications in places other than program files?
I love the ability to type any phrase into the start menu, and Windows 7 will bring up relevant executables under Program Files.
However, I have a separate folder of my own where I store several ...
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Read Metadata from multiple files (namely Images with Copyright info)
I'm attempting to produce a report of metadata from images within a network drive and all of its subfolders to check copyright information and other metadata (Creators, Authors etc). Recursively and ...
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Can I answer “No to All” when doing a copy in Windows?
When copying/merging large directory structures under Windows, is it possible to do something like "Yes to all" but in reverse so that all existing files are not overwritten?
There is a similar ...
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How to create folder actions on OS X that run when the folder is “opened”
I want to create a folder action that is run every time a folder is opened, instead of only when files are added to the folder. From what I've found online, there doesn't seem to be a way; is there or ...
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Create/Modify folder actions from terminal in OSX
I have a set of folders that have similar folder actions attached to them. I want to create a folder action to attach to their parent folder, so that if I create a new folder within it, this folder ...
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Find and Replace File Utility
I have a structure of folders, each containing a file with the same name "Client - Document.docx". Is there a utility or expedient method (running Windows XP) to replace each of these files with an ...
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Show/hide extension of a file through OS X command line
I'm looking for a way, via terminal, to change whether or not a specific file's extension is shown in the Finder, something along the lines of:
$ hideextension ~/music/somesong.mp3
Without having ...
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Delete files that don't exist in another directory
I have two directories, such that directory B is at least a complete mirror of A. For example:
A/
directory1/
file1
directory2/
file2
file3
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directory1/
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Custom metadata fields in Windows file manager (or other software)
I'm trying to organize a collection of maybe 500 or so journal articles, stored in a combination of .pdf and .djvu formats. I'd like to be able to sort the collection by author(s), title, journal ...
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Best way to folder copying tasks on Windows XP
Here is my dilemma:
I have a bunch of folders with dates at the end of the folder names (i.e., 2.28 for February 28).
When the date in the folder name is reached, I want to copy the folder to a ...
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Which Windows Explorer replacements have this feature: takes over folder open operations?
There have been at least a few threads about Explorer replacements, aka alternative file managers, here on Superuser. The go-to thread seems to be this one:
Replacement for Windows Explorer?
But ...
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Is there a tool to copy a folder using shadow copy?
Is there a tool similar to Robocopy or TeraCopy that would do a "shadow copy" of a folder?
I'm not sure if this is technically possible on Windows 7 but what I'd like to find a utility that, when I ...
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How can I make multiple physical hard drives appear as a single partition?
I'm writing a basic media server where people can upload/download my content. I have 8 2TB hard drives where I would like to store their uploaded files. Problem is navigating a file system that I want ...
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Redirect folder on one HDD to a folder on another HDD (Windows 7)
This may be a simple question but I couldn't find any answers - folder redirection usually refers to redirecting profile folders only.
I have 2 hard drives in my laptop: C: and D:. C: is an SSD, D: ...
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How do I make zip files that unzip cleanly on any OS with native tools?
If I make a zip file on OSX 10.6 with the OS native tool, and unarchive it on Windows 7, it's root directory will be doubly nested in another one with the same name, and it will contain all kinds of ...
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Magic Number of Linux partitions
I want to know the magic number of the current partitions and also the procedure of changing the magic number for the file system types.
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Why can't I change the name of a file that's being read on Windows as I can do on Linux/Mac?
One of the things that has puzzled me ever since I started using Linux is the fact that it allows you to change the name of a file or even delete it while it is being read. An example is how I ...
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Avoid file system cache during read/write to flash memory
Is there a way to do kind of a direct i/o to the flash part on a portable consumer electronic device like iPhone etc. I want to do this to characterize the flash part performance and completely want ...
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syncing files on different machines [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Syncing Tool Between 2 Folders
How do you sync files in a two different folders, on two different computers, on the same network, so that when one is added or updated to ...
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Subdirectory naming convention [closed]
I have a big directory of data/code that I am reorganizing following these useful guidelines. As a result I will create a lot of subdirectories. I would like to standardize the subdirectory names with ...
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Show windows folder/programs increasing/downloading the most data in the past?
On the road I'm using smartphone-tethering to connect my Windows 7 Notebook to internet. Mobile connection speed is decreased from 3G to ISDN after distinct data volume, so you have to keep an eye on ...
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windows folder with millions of files not responding
I am using windows 7 64-bit on q6600 with 4gb ram.
I have a folder with 2 million files which are 10kB on average.
windows 7 explorer stops responding when I open the folder.
how can I overcome ...
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size 0byte file created on desktop
I have a empty folder by the name dev that was somehow created on my Windows7 laptop.It contains a file by the name nul.It has size 0 Bytes and both the folder and the file are hidden and read-only.I ...
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How can I set the file menu to always show details?
How can I set the file menu to always show details of files?
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Alternative to CTRL selecting a bunch of files
I am moving several images from a folder to another in the Nautilus file manager. I am doing this by holding the CTRL key and clicking the images I want. Everytime I forget to hold CTRL the current ...
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Is it possible to allow users to create files/folders and prevent deleting folders?
I have a Windows 7 computer that has several users. I have a parent folder that is shared with the users. I want certain users to be able to create files/folders within this parent folder. However, I ...
