When it comes to Duplicate file finding programs I can't seem to find one that does quite what I want
Duplicate Cleaner Pro comes pretty close and it's what I'm using right now but I'm hoping someone here might know one that does what I want properly
basically I want it to treat a 'hard linked' file for what it is a single file in multiple locations on the hard drive
Duplicate Cleaner Pro can file duplicate files and make them into a single hard linked file and that's not uncommon but where it falls down and where every other program I can remember trying falls down is what happens in future searches ... Duplicate Cleaner Pro has 2 settings 1. Ignore Hard linked files meaning if I've previously hardlinked 3 copies of the same file into a single file in 3 places but then for some reason download that same file again into a 4th location it won't detect the duplicate file because one of the two files is hardlinked and thus with that setting the program completely ignores it setting 2. Don't Ignore Hard linked files meaning it 'finds' 4 duplicate files when there's only 2 with one of the 2 being in 3 locations it will also even before the new copy of the file keep finding the hardlinked file as duplicates against itself twice over pretending the single file is 3 separate identical files