I just tested the script with the WAV's on my local system (they're all Windows WAV's; my music is on a network share).
I didn't expect to see that some of those files have 20 (!!) hardlinks ...
(721 filenames result in 346 files on disk)
Search found 4914 matches
- Tue Jun 13, 2017 12:39 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Why do various programs show various number of .wav?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 25034
- Tue Jun 13, 2017 12:02 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18067
Re: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
The script does "just" a compare of the "all folders" list and the "has wav-folder" list. As "Documents and settings" was reported in the "all folders" list, it will be included. Maybe Everything has an option to exclude junctions (didn't check)? It...
- Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:49 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Can I change default verb for context menu?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4020
Re: Can I change default verb for context menu?
As an alternative/ extra option, if you use the mouse instead of the keyboard: In Everything you can make the Path (the column next to the filename) clickable, which will open that path in your filemanager. You can activate this in the Options menu: General > Results > "Open path with double cl...
- Mon Jun 12, 2017 11:34 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Can Everything show all folders (with same and different names) having the same size (and the same amount of items)?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11630
Re: Can Everything show all folders (with same and different names) having the same size (and the same amount of items)?
Missed that last one (although you said it earlier, but it hadn't sunk in).void wrote:Inside < > brackets first, NOT, then OR and finally AND, left to right.
However, sizedupe: finds duplicated filenames in the ENTIRE index, not the current results.
Thanks!
- Mon Jun 12, 2017 11:15 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Can Everything show all folders (with same and different names) having the same size (and the same amount of items)?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11630
Re: Can Everything show all folders (with same and different names) having the same size (and the same amount of items)?
I expected (unexperienced as I am and without deeper knowledge) that it could be queried in one run by using grouping, like this:
But it didn't return the expected results.
In what order are the operators parsed?
Code: Select all
sizedupe: <folder: !H:>
In what order are the operators parsed?
- Mon Jun 12, 2017 10:43 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Why do various programs show various number of .wav?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 25034
Re: Why do various programs show various number of .wav?
( All directory-based file systems must have (at least) one hard link giving the original name for each file. ... The term “hard link” is usually only used in file systems that allow more than one hard link for the same file. So if every file is a hard link, & if 8.3 points to the same file as ...
- Sun Jun 11, 2017 9:20 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Hard Drive spins up on search
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4181
Re: Hard Drive spins up on search
Not sure, but ...
Next to the filenames are icons shown. These have to be extracted from the system (if not cached)
Next to the filenames are icons shown. These have to be extracted from the system (if not cached)
- Sun Jun 11, 2017 9:16 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Why do various programs show various number of .wav?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 25034
Re: Why do various programs show various number of .wav?
I'll see if I can come up with something. Seems like a challenge ... Well, that was easier than I thought it would be ... It's a bit brute force (45 seconds for 1500 files), but it gets the job done :-) Output is a spreadsheet with matching files on the same line (inclusing a count of those, so you...
- Sun Jun 11, 2017 8:28 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Why do various programs show various number of .wav?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 25034
Re: Why do various programs show various number of .wav?
So here's my question: Is it possible to generate a list of every single .wav file on C: without showing any duplicate .wav files? (unless of course they are actually duplicates found in separate folders, in which case they count as an individual separate distinct .wav file) By duplicate .wav files...
- Sun Jun 11, 2017 7:07 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18067
Re: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
Okay, this may take me a while to catch up with trying this script. First time I've used these kinds of scripts. Just save the text in 2INI.CMD and drag/drop the NO WAV's output file to that script. Still I wonder, back to my basic question... This is getting confusing; please keep questions in the...
- Sun Jun 11, 2017 12:42 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Some folders are not fully indexed?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7274
Re: Some folders are not fully indexed?
Yet another to-the-point, accurate and complete answer by @void. I really like your posts! Thanks!!
- Sun Jun 11, 2017 12:25 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Some folders are not fully indexed?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7274
Re: Some folders are not fully indexed?
Just out of curiousity:
Is there a difference in a Force Rebuild versus stopping Everything, deleting the database, starting Everything?
Is there a difference in a Force Rebuild versus stopping Everything, deleting the database, starting Everything?
- Sun Jun 11, 2017 11:59 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18067
Re: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
I'm a little concerned though because I was hoping to gather some of the lines of text from C_rootfolders_without_WAV.txt and pop them into some exclude fields. An alternative to create these exclude fields: * Create a textfile with the folders you want to exclude (make a copy of the output file an...
- Sun Jun 11, 2017 11:24 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18067
Re: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
Now I get it ... I misread your post. The script does "just" a compare of the "all folders" list and the "has wav-folder" list. As "Documents and settings" was reported in the "all folders" list, it will be included. Maybe Everything has an option to...
- Sat Jun 10, 2017 11:07 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18067
Re: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
"C:\Documents and Settings" is one of those "shortcuts". The actual files from that are in C:\USERS and C:\PROGRAMDATA. Search in C:\USERS and you will find the same WAV files as in "C:\Documents and Settings".... In my "definition" files in "C:\Documents...
- Sat Jun 10, 2017 9:32 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18067
Re: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
Started to work on said script as most "components" had to be build anyway, so here is a first version. How to: Unzip CLEAN.CMD from the .zip to the folder where your export files are. Check the filenames in the script under the SETTINGS section and change when needed. Currently: set WAV_F...
- Sat Jun 10, 2017 7:33 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18067
Re: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
Sorry for the confusion. The message consisted of 3 parts: 1. An alternative to get a textfile with all your WAV files 2. How the script (still to be written) should do it's job 3. A check if what I think that script should report corresponds with what you would like to see. First part: The "My...
- Sat Jun 10, 2017 4:05 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18067
Re: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
You can get a(nother) list by using CMD: dir /s /b C:\*.wav > c:\MyFolder\MyWAVs.txt The script that I "envisioned" (must be a better word for that ..) should work something like this: * export from Everything a list of all folders containing WAV files as a TXT file (you got the Everything...
- Sat Jun 10, 2017 2:41 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18067
Re: wondering how to see what paths contain no .wav files
Interesting question!
I Could not get it done with just an Everything query, but I think such a list can be created with a script.
Before spending time on that (I think such a script will not be straightforward): would that be of any help?
I Could not get it done with just an Everything query, but I think such a list can be created with a script.
Before spending time on that (I think such a script will not be straightforward): would that be of any help?
- Sat Jun 10, 2017 10:51 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Why do various programs show various number of .wav?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 25034
Re: Why do various programs show various number of .wav?
I think that if you exclude the c:\Windows folder (and subdirs) from your utilities, the results will be more in line with each other. There are a lot of "special" files (amongst which WAV files) in Windows itself which might cause double-counting (678 WAV's on my Win7 test system)
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 11:31 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Safely remove external drive: error message appears - still connected to Everything?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6468
Re: Safely remove external drive: error message appears - still connected to Everything?
Missed all these messages while I was writing mine... You can ignore my message.
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 11:23 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Safely remove external drive: error message appears - still connected to Everything?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6468
Re: Safely remove external drive: error message appears - still connected to Everything?
Depending on how you closed Everything, the process is still running without it being shown in Task Manager's application list. In Task Manager, If you go to the Details tab (Win10) / Processes tab (Win7) Everything is probably still there. You can right-click on the Everything process(es) and selec...
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 11:01 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Add an efu list while the external drive is plugged off?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3403
Re: Add an efu list while the external drive is plugged off?
I don't think you can with the Options GUI. The OpenFile /OpenFolder dialog box just can't open files/folders that aren't there. What you could do, though is edit the Everything.ini file (close Everything first, otherwise the content of the INI file will be overwritten. When you start Everything aga...
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:56 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: What filetypes are allowed on these forums?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3454
Re: What filetypes are allowed on these forums?
OK, got it. Thanks for the research and info!
I'll try to keep my scripts short, thenvoid wrote: Max 256 KB limit for each attachment.
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:53 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Export only the filters created by myself?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10799
Re: Export only the filters created by myself?
Oops, that's a lot of errors in one message. Thought I could do it quickly... Bad choice! Very sorry, I didn't intend to cheapen your work [/quote] That thought hadn't crossed my mind. At all ... It's merely a reminder to myself: don't do multiple things at once and certainly not when you are in hu...
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 8:38 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Portable Search Index?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14830
Re: Portable Search Index?
Another tip: Use START "" everything..... START regards the first parameter, if included in "", as the window title. So, if you want to START "C:\path with spaces\everything.exe", that is regarded as the title and not the command. To prevent that, make a habit of always...
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 8:31 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Export only the filters created by myself?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10799
Re: Export only the filters created by myself?
Oops, that's a lot of errors in one message. Thought I could do it quickly... Bad choice! CDD.exe should read: CMD.exe I updated the original SPLIT_EXPORT.cmd script. Please update your current version. It now supports file- and directorynames that include spaces. Furthermore: if you exported to a C...
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 7:20 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: What filetypes are allowed on these forums?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3454
What filetypes are allowed on these forums?
I had some trouble adding .CMD and .TXT attachments to posts. The only allowed extensions that I could find thus far are .zip and .png (other image filetypes will probably be allowed too) Is there a list of file extensions that are allowed on these forums? And could at least .txt be added to that li...
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 6:33 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Export only the filters created by myself?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10799
Re: Export only the filters created by myself?
Here you go (not tested ..) EDIT: In the meantime I did test it. It works. SPLIT_EXPORT.CMD @for /f "skip=1 usebackq delims=," %%X in (%1) do @(findstr /b "Name, \"%%X\" " %1 >"%~dnpn1_%%~X.csv") Save as split_export.cmd and drag/drop the export.csv to this sc...
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 6:27 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Export only the filters created by myself?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10799
Re: Export only the filters created by myself?
* in CDD.exe go to the folder where you saved export.cmd * do a DIR *.CSV to make sure you are in the right folder (it should show you export.csv) * when in that folder, paste the command posted earlier and run it. * do a DIR *.CSV to make sure that the individual filters are created That's it. 2017...
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 6:12 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Why do various programs show various number of .wav?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 25034
Re: Why do various programs show various number of .wav?
Ok, thanks for clarification! Either answer would be OK, but being on different wavelengths makes communicating on a forum even harder than it already is. Obviously I can't tell you the right number of files or a definitive method to get this count (and it's a little too much to count them manually ...
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 5:55 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Export only the filters created by myself?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10799
Re: Export only the filters created by myself?
It seems that all the filters are exported. As the export file is a CSV file (plain text), you can open it in (for example) Notepad and delete all the lines you don't want to import later on. "Plan B": This CMD command creates per filter a .csv file, using the "all-in-one" export...
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 5:35 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Why do various programs show various number of .wav?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 25034
Re: Why do various programs show various number of .wav?
Do you mean this in a cynical way? (can't tell ...)
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 4:33 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Why do various programs show various number of .wav?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 25034
Re: Why do various programs show various number of .wav?
* Some programs search through zip files, others don´t * depends on the useraccount the search program runs under. A restricted account can't see all the files on your system It's hard to even define how many (.wav) files are on your system. A file that exists 1 time on disk, can have several names ...
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 2:56 pm
- Forum: Suggestions
- Topic: Set time to wait after typing a symbol before searching
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6331
Re: Set time to wait after typing a symbol before searching
In the meantime ...
you could disable the "Search as you type" option. In that case you have to add an <Enter> after you completed your query.
This option can be found here: Menu:Tools > Options > General > UI
you could disable the "Search as you type" option. In that case you have to add an <Enter> after you completed your query.
This option can be found here: Menu:Tools > Options > General > UI
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 7:40 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Use to Everythings at the same time?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4714
Re: Use to Everythings at the same time?
I *think* you put Everything.exe two times on the command line. It should read something like: "c:\path\to\everything.exe" -instance "Mein erster Versuch" (oder -instance "ETP Server"; der Name is egal .. ) EDIT: Upon re-reading this: Sorry for the language mix up; I sa...
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 7:34 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Portable Search Index?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14830
Re: Portable Search Index?
Confirmed, it works, you did it again... I also added db_location=nul, used the -nodb command line parameter, and set the ini to read only. Now that's portable! :) Nice! :-) If you want to be sure that your prortable Everything doesn't interfere with a running "regular" Everything, use in...
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 7:16 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: How could one make Everything open a folder when double clicking on it in a panel of FreeCommander or Q-Dir?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13103
Re: How could one make Everything open a folder when double clicking on it in a panel of FreeCommander or Q-Dir?
Great, many thanks. Enabled. Single instance is actually a Q-Dir setting. It's in the Q-Dir menu: Extras > Q-Dir as default browser > Open in new Tab, in the running instance. I have been there before but I haven't noticed that option for this purpose. No available command-line options to influence...
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 7:02 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Use to Everythings at the same time?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4714
Re: Use to Everythings at the same time?
Yes, use instances: (http://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/multiple_instances/) Instances c:\folder1\everything.exe -instance "Instance 1" d:\folder1\everything.exe -instance "My USB disk" "Regular" c:\program files\everything\everything.exe Those three can run si...
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 6:48 pm
- Forum: Suggestions
- Topic: Truly portable, cache Everything.db in ram?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8921
Re: Truly portable, cache Everything.db in ram?
two for the price of one today!elfor wrote:Thank you very much & high five, i didn't expect two solutions!
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 6:46 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: How could one make Everything open a folder when double clicking on it in a panel of FreeCommander or Q-Dir?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13103
Re: How could one make Everything open a folder when double clicking on it in a panel of FreeCommander or Q-Dir?
Many thanks, got it working. Is there a way to open a folder in e.g. Q-Dir already open and not opening a new instance of Q-Dir? 2017-06-07 20_36_03-.png You're welcome! Single instance is actually a Q-Dir setting. It's in the Q-Dir menu: Extras > Q-Dir as default browser > Open in new Tab, in the ...
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 3:02 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: How could one make Everything open a folder when double clicking on it in a panel of FreeCommander or Q-Dir?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13103
Re: How could one make Everything open a folder when double clicking on it in a panel of FreeCommander or Q-Dir?
From the support site: http://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/customizing/ External File Manager To open paths in an external file manager: In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options. Click the Context Menu tab. Select Open Path. Change the command to: $exec("C:\ExternalFileManager\...
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 2:55 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Portable Search Index?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14830
Re: Portable Search Index?
... OR ... * Place Everything.exe plus Everything.ini on said USB disk * Configure for non-admin Folder Indexing and save * Manually change the folders= this entry in the INI file to : folders="\\" (or folders="\\path\\to\\MyFolder" ) You can now double-click the Everything.exe o...
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 2:39 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Portable Search Index?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14830
Re: Portable Search Index?
How about: (assuming Everything.exe is somewhere on your USB disk) start /wait "" Everything.exe -create-file-list SpecsLibrary.efu \ Everything.exe -instance "TechSpecs" SpecsLibrary.efu This will create a fresh FileList of the USB disk (*) (the "\" is the root of the ...
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 1:48 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Automatically make an EFU file list each time an external drive is plugged in?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5413
Re: Automatically make an EFU file list each time an external drive is plugged in?
Many thanks. Concatenate all your file lists into one list and open this file list in Everything. Is there a special way to do it or just open the lists in the file list editor? Many thanks again Here's one: * In the Everything searchbar, type "filelistfilename:*.efu" (without the quotes)...
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 1:22 pm
- Forum: Suggestions
- Topic: Truly portable, cache Everything.db in ram?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8921
Re: Truly portable, cache Everything.db in ram?
Hi, long time first time... Would it be possible, or make sense, to have Everything optionally cache the index data in RAM? Making it truly portable with such option enabled, as in, no "Everything.db" file would be created! Thanks! Everything already loads the database in RAM: When starti...
- Tue Jun 06, 2017 3:27 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Useful applications for Everything
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11085
Re: Useful applications for Everything
* A replacement for Explorer's Alt-Enter to calculate the folder size This adds an Explorer context-menu entry for folders and drives. It reports the size of the selected drive/folder and all direct files/folderrs in that folder (1 level deep) that have a size >10MB That size can be configured, of ...
- Tue Jun 06, 2017 12:04 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Newb with Questions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4631
Re: Newb with Questions
For example, I want to create a list, or lists, of all the audio files with MP3/4, WAV, etc. that exist on my system. For a first impression you could type "audio:" (without the quotes) in the Everything search bar. That will give you all the mp3's, flac's, wav's etcetera that Everything ...
- Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:21 am
- Forum: Off-topic discussion
- Topic: Help with comparing files - solved - A tool to avoid downloading files you're already downloaded
- Replies: 35
- Views: 123850
Re: Help with comparing files - solved - A tool to avoid downloading files you're already downloaded
Good thinking! Changed the code ..Stamimail wrote:I pretty sure your code will be useful for me or for someone some day.
I think it would be better to edit and fix your code in its place above. (I guess this someone also won't read the whole messages. )
Thank you for posting.
- Sun Jun 04, 2017 11:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic discussion
- Topic: Help with comparing files - solved - A tool to avoid downloading files you're already downloaded
- Replies: 35
- Views: 123850
Re: Help with comparing files - solved - A tool to avoid downloading files you're already downloaded
This topic is already solved a while ago, as mentioned. Now I just wanted to suggest a new option and bring it into a consideration. Ah, OK, didn't pick up on that one (didn't read all of the massages, just a (very) quick scan). Then you can happily ignore my message :-) Not that it matters anymore...