Duplicate File Finder User Manual

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Part 6:
Deficiencies and Bugs

Known Deficiencies

Unfortunately Duplicate File Finder does at this time have a number of known deficiencies. Due to the redevlopment of Duplicate File Finder in C++, it is unlikely these deficiencies will be addressed in the near future, if at all.

• Unable to handle file names with special characters. If a file name has some odd characters, in particular control characters, ulmats, and similar such characters, it is unable to handle them. This is in fact a deficiency in the JavaUNIX library and is currently outside my control.

• The database isn't really a database, it is just a file with some basic file information about files that you have included.

• At the completion of the search, the Progress Window becomes inactive and can't be used further.

• Currently there is no check for if two or more chosen directories in the search path might be included within each other. This can result in a sub directories being unnecessarily researched during the search process, however it will not result in erreoneous hits.

Known Bugs
There are currently no known bugs in Duplicate File Finder.

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