The Directory Differential hTool
DDH traverses input directories and their subdirectories. It also hashes files as needed and reports findings.
The H in "hTool" is silent. The H in its abbreviation, "DDH," is not.
This tool is called DDH for two very good reasons.
- DDT is a dangerous pesticide
- I mistyped when I created the project
Usage
DDH is usable both as a library and as a stand alone CLI tool and aims to be simple to use in both cases.
Library example
let (files, errors): (Vec<Fileinfo>, Vec<(_, _)>) = ddh::deduplicate_dirs(dirs);
let (shared, unique): (Vec<&Fileinfo>, Vec<&Fileinfo>) = files
.par_iter()
.partition(|&x| x.get_paths().len()>1);
process_full_output(&shared, &unique, &files, &errors, &arguments);CLI Install
- Install Rust
cargo install --git https://github.com/darakian/ddh ddh- The DDH binary will be installed into
$CARGO_HOME/.bin/ddh, which usually is$HOME/.cargo/bin/ddh. This should be in yourPATHalready if you're using rustup.
CLI Features
DDH supports both a standard output for human comprehension and a parsable json output for custom tools such as ddh-move.
CLI Example
Directory Difference hTool
Jon Moroney [email protected]
Compare and contrast directories.
Example invocation: ddh -v duplicates -d /home/jon/downloads /home/jon/documents
Example pipe: ddh -o no -v all -f json -d ~/Downloads/ | someJsonParser.bin
Usage: ddh [OPTIONS]
Options:
-m, --minimum [<MIN_SIZE>]
Minimum file size in bytes to consider [default: 0]
-b, --blocksize [<BLOCKSIZE>]
Set the display blocksize to Bytes, Kilobytes, Megabytes or Gigabytes [default: K] [possible values: B, K, M, G]
-v, --verbosity [<VERBOSITY>]
Set verbosity for printed output [default: quiet] [possible values: quiet, duplicates, all]
-o, --output [<OUTPUT>]
Set file to save all output. Use 'no' for no file output [default: Results.txt]
-f, --format [<FMT>]
Set output format [default: standard] [possible values: standard, json]
-i, --ignore <IGNORE_DIRS>
Directories to ignore (comma separated list)
-d, --directories <DIRECTORIES>...
Directories to parse
-h, --help
Print help information (use `--help` for more detail)
-V, --version
Print version information
How Does DDH Work?
DDH works by hashing files to determine their uniqueness and, as such, depends heavily on disk speeds for performance. The algorithmic choices in use are discussed here.