Dead Files Finder

Description:

Dead Files Finder application can search in all files of a specified directory and it's subdirectories and list all the files containing the filenames of the files from another directory. Then it will seperate those that are not containing and allow you to delete, move or rename them.

This can help if for example you've got a directory with HTML pages and a directory with images and you want to found out, which of the images are not used (contained) in the HTML files so you can delete them.

How to use :
Step 1:

First click on the 'Files Directory' to browse and select the folder containing the files in which you want to search and find if a filename exists.

Notes:
- The application will search in this directory and all it's subdirectories by default.
- As much as the files are, so much the search time will be.

Step 2:

Click on the 'Filenames Directory' to select the directory with the filenames you want to search if exists (included, called) whithin the files of the selected 'Files Directory' and it's subdirectories.

Notes:

- The application by default will search ONLY in this directory for the filenames (not in subdirectories too)

Step 3:

Click the 'Search' Button and watch out the 'Report' list, reporting in which file each filename contains and how many times, and the 'Dead Files' List, filling with the filenames that are not containing into the Files of the selected 'Files Directory'

Notes:
- It can take a long time to complete, so please be patient!

When and why to use DFF :

If you're like me and you're not so typical with the images copying into a new website project and you want to find out which of the images are not used in the HTML and other code files. (this is why i've code this app, but i've share it because some other folks may find it usefull too.)

For example in the past when i want to check out if the image named myimage.gif was containing (called) in all my cfml (Coldfusion code) files, i've used to Search with the Windows Search for files *.cfm with text myimage.gif in the folder where my project was. If i had a lot more images than the one of the above example, i had to repeat the same action for every image, and this could took a lot time, and this is something i really don't have extra. With this app i've solved my problem because it will do all the work for me :)

Another use is if you might want to see in which files a filename exists.


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