Quick compare of directory names left and right pane

[Morgoth]

Could someone tell me how I could quickly compare directory names in the left and right pane and then easily select or deselect te ones missing in one pane compared to the other pane? I'm quite certain this thing is possible within TC..i just dont know how atm so if someone could fill me in how to do this. Thanks.

[Hacker]

Shift-F2.

HTH
Roman

[StickyNomad]

2Hacker

but this works only for filenames and not for directory names, or am I wrong?

[Clo]

2StickyNomad

Hello !

• It seems you are right. That doesn't work for dir. names here…

 VG
Claude
Clo

[Hacker]

Ah, yup, sorry.

Roman

[StatusQuo]

quickly compare directory names in the left and right pane

Shift-F2.

...which also selects files existing in both panels, if their time/date differs.

and then easily select or deselect te ones missing in one pane compared to the other pane?

If you want to copy only single files, that do not exist in the other panel,
I'd recommend the Commands -> "Synchronize Dirs" tool (cm_FileSync) -
there you can hide "duplicates" (existing on both sides).

[Edit:]
This works for files only - I overlooked that dir names should be compared, sorry.

[petermad]

How about using the command: cm_CompareDirsWithSubdirs - it selects both dirs and files that are different/missing.

If you only want the directories marked you can use Ctrl+Shift+Num- (or cm_ClearAllFiles) AFTER you have used cm_CompareDirsWithSubdirs

[Clo]

2petermad

Hello Peter !

• Morgoth could perform that operation as one go - as he wishes if I understood correctly -
using the tiny tool “TC multiple commands” by Maciej Adamczyk,
which can send a sequence of commands with an adjustable delay between each one (for a button)…

 FR
Claude
Clo

[solid]

What's wrong with ALT+SHIFT+F2?

[Hacker]

solid,

What's wrong with ALT+SHIFT+F2?

Nothing, it let's you choose the drive in the right panel, as usual. Holding Shift is not necessary, though.

Roman

[solid]

Nothing, it let's you choose the drive in the right panel, as usual. Holding Shift is not necessary, though.

Hmmm, my mistake.
I mapped "cm_CompareDirsWithSubdirs" to ALT+SHIFT+F2 so long ago, so thought it was a TC default hotkey.

[ghisler(Author)]

Please note that "cm_CompareDirsWithSubdirs" will only mark new directories. It will not check whether anything has changed inside of directories which are present on BOTH sides...

[carouselcarousel]

Is there a working solution for this?
I'm also looking for a way to compre directory names of 600k-600k folders. (ONLY NAMES NOT CONTENT)

SHIFT+F2 compre only the filenames. And didn't found any option to change it to compare foldernames too.
Or a Plugin https://www.ghisler.com/plugins.htm ?

(I'm not familiar to create my own scripts and plugins)

[white]

2carouselcarousel
What's wrong with using cm_CompareDirsWithSubdirs?

[nsp]

You can compare using directory synchronization:
Check empty directory
Check subdirs
check igore date

in filter just use a dummy name like ???

then call compare !

If you want to reuse, you can save it with name CompareFolderNames (do not save path)...

You can reuse it with a command like SYNCOPEN =CompareFolderNames

Code: Select all

TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
SYNCOPEN
=CompareFolderNames
wcmicons.dll



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