file properties

I have a few thousand photographs on my system, but I slowly drown in backups
of backups of backups, which now amount to roughly five times the number of
originals.
I thought if I could access the file properties sheet and record the details
against each file in "access" or somesuch I could soon weed out -
automatically - a great many of the duplicates.
But how do I access the file properties sheet against each file to write it
to a database record against the file name and location?
Is it possible?

--
Dave G

drg;615919 Wrote:
> I have a few thousand photographs on my system, but I slowly drown in
> backups
> of backups of backups, which now amount to roughly five times the
> number of
> originals.
> I thought if I could access the file properties sheet and record the
> details
> against each file in "access" or somesuch I could soon weed out -
> automatically - a great many of the duplicates.
> But how do I access the file properties sheet against each file to
> write it
> to a database record against the file name and location?
> Is it possible?
>
> --
> Dave G

I don't know about creating some type of database, but this utility
that I created (Duplicate Picture Finder) may help to elimnate all the
duplcates.

Be warned though, it can take anything from a few minutes to several
hours to complete a scan, depending on how many files you check.

Get it here : http://www.phx.co.za/bin/dpfsetup.zip


--
dzomlija

_____________________
Peter Alexander Dzomlija
-Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as
you die, so shall I be Reborn...-

-Download MP3 Media Properties Explorer: --http://www.phx.co.za-

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Thank you for that. That bit of software willl come in really handy.
Unfortunately, useful as it is, it doesn't quite hit the spot as far as my
present problem is concerned. After I've got the database of originals I
propose to use it to make sense of the pile of dvd "backups" I have gathered.
--
Dave G


"dzomlija" wrote:

>
> drg;615919 Wrote:
> > I have a few thousand photographs on my system, but I slowly drown in
> > backups
> > of backups of backups, which now amount to roughly five times the
> > number of
> > originals.
> > I thought if I could access the file properties sheet and record the
> > details
> > against each file in "access" or somesuch I could soon weed out -
> > automatically - a great many of the duplicates.
> > But how do I access the file properties sheet against each file to
> > write it
> > to a database record against the file name and location?
> > Is it possible?
> >
> > --
> > Dave G
>
> I don't know about creating some type of database, but this utility
> that I created (Duplicate Picture Finder) may help to elimnate all the
> duplcates.
>
> Be warned though, it can take anything from a few minutes to several
> hours to complete a scan, depending on how many files you check.
>
> Get it here : http://www.phx.co.za/bin/dpfsetup.zip
>
>
> --
> dzomlija
>
> _____________________
> Peter Alexander Dzomlija
> -Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as
> you die, so shall I be Reborn...-
>
> -Download MP3 Media Properties Explorer: --http://www.phx.co.za-
>
> - ASUS A8N32-SLI-Deluxe
> - AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4800+
> - 4GB DDR400
> - 128MB ASUS nVidia 6600
> - Thermaltake Tai-Chi Chassis
> - 1207GB Formatted Storage
> - Vista Ultimate x64
> - CodeGear Delphi 2007See my rig at: http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/e...zomlija/Venus/
>

I doubt there is any cheap utility to do that. I would generate a 'dir' type
output to a text file of the backup and use a database app like Access to do
a query for duplicates. It might take a while to find out how to list the
files, and how to do the query, but it's all there in the help. No app you
download is going to be any easier to learn.

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"drg" <> wrote in message
news:5EBD70A1-520B-4B86-A2BF-...
> Thank you for that. That bit of software willl come in really handy.
> Unfortunately, useful as it is, it doesn't quite hit the spot as far as my
> present problem is concerned. After I've got the database of originals I
> propose to use it to make sense of the pile of dvd "backups" I have
> gathered.
> --
> Dave G
>
>
> "dzomlija" wrote:
>
>>
>> drg;615919 Wrote:
>> > I have a few thousand photographs on my system, but I slowly drown in
>> > backups
>> > of backups of backups, which now amount to roughly five times the
>> > number of
>> > originals.
>> > I thought if I could access the file properties sheet and record the
>> > details
>> > against each file in "access" or somesuch I could soon weed out -
>> > automatically - a great many of the duplicates.
>> > But how do I access the file properties sheet against each file to
>> > write it
>> > to a database record against the file name and location?
>> > Is it possible?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Dave G
>>
>> I don't know about creating some type of database, but this utility
>> that I created (Duplicate Picture Finder) may help to elimnate all the
>> duplcates.
>>
>> Be warned though, it can take anything from a few minutes to several
>> hours to complete a scan, depending on how many files you check.
>>
>> Get it here : http://www.phx.co.za/bin/dpfsetup.zip
>>
>>
>> --
>> dzomlija
>>
>> _____________________
>> Peter Alexander Dzomlija
>> -Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as
>> you die, so shall I be Reborn...-
>>
>> -Download MP3 Media Properties Explorer: --http://www.phx.co.za-
>>
>> - ASUS A8N32-SLI-Deluxe
>> - AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4800+
>> - 4GB DDR400
>> - 128MB ASUS nVidia 6600
>> - Thermaltake Tai-Chi Chassis
>> - 1207GB Formatted Storage
>> - Vista Ultimate x64
>> - CodeGear Delphi 2007See my rig at:
>> http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/e...zomlija/Venus/
>>

Thank you. Done that. I used dir H:*.jpg /s > g:dir.txt There isn't enough
data in such a simple dir listing to pick up duplicates with any degree of
certainty. It was at that point I noticed that the file properties sheet for
each file does have all the data I need to be pretty sure of having got a
duplicate, and so why I asked whether it is possible to access the properties
sheet either directly or by some sort of extended dir command.

Bearing in mind there are several thousand images on each DVD, sure as hell
I'm not doing it by hand!

:-)

--
Dave G


"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> I doubt there is any cheap utility to do that. I would generate a 'dir' type
> output to a text file of the backup and use a database app like Access to do
> a query for duplicates. It might take a while to find out how to list the
> files, and how to do the query, but it's all there in the help. No app you
> download is going to be any easier to learn.
>
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>
> Mark L. Ferguson
>
> .
> "drg" <> wrote in message
> news:5EBD70A1-520B-4B86-A2BF-...
> > Thank you for that. That bit of software willl come in really handy.
> > Unfortunately, useful as it is, it doesn't quite hit the spot as far as my
> > present problem is concerned. After I've got the database of originals I
> > propose to use it to make sense of the pile of dvd "backups" I have
> > gathered.
> > --
> > Dave G
> >
> >
> > "dzomlija" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> drg;615919 Wrote:
> >> > I have a few thousand photographs on my system, but I slowly drown in
> >> > backups
> >> > of backups of backups, which now amount to roughly five times the
> >> > number of
> >> > originals.
> >> > I thought if I could access the file properties sheet and record the
> >> > details
> >> > against each file in "access" or somesuch I could soon weed out -
> >> > automatically - a great many of the duplicates.
> >> > But how do I access the file properties sheet against each file to
> >> > write it
> >> > to a database record against the file name and location?
> >> > Is it possible?
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Dave G
> >>
> >> I don't know about creating some type of database, but this utility
> >> that I created (Duplicate Picture Finder) may help to elimnate all the
> >> duplcates.
> >>
> >> Be warned though, it can take anything from a few minutes to several
> >> hours to complete a scan, depending on how many files you check.
> >>
> >> Get it here : http://www.phx.co.za/bin/dpfsetup.zip
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> dzomlija
> >>
> >> _____________________
> >> Peter Alexander Dzomlija
> >> -Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as
> >> you die, so shall I be Reborn...-
> >>
> >> -Download MP3 Media Properties Explorer: --http://www.phx.co.za-
> >>
> >> - ASUS A8N32-SLI-Deluxe
> >> - AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4800+
> >> - 4GB DDR400
> >> - 128MB ASUS nVidia 6600
> >> - Thermaltake Tai-Chi Chassis
> >> - 1207GB Formatted Storage
> >> - Vista Ultimate x64
> >> - CodeGear Delphi 2007See my rig at:
> >> http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/e...zomlija/Venus/
> >>
>

I think the 'timefield' is what you want

/T Controls which time field displayed or used for sorting
timefield C Creation
A Last Access
W Last Written

(dir /?)

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"drg" <> wrote in message
news:6FE23202-2D92-4BD5-A084-...
> Thank you. Done that. I used dir H:*.jpg /s > g:dir.txt There isn't enough
> data in such a simple dir listing to pick up duplicates with any degree of
> certainty. It was at that point I noticed that the file properties sheet
> for
> each file does have all the data I need to be pretty sure of having got a
> duplicate, and so why I asked whether it is possible to access the
> properties
> sheet either directly or by some sort of extended dir command.
>
> Bearing in mind there are several thousand images on each DVD, sure as
> hell
> I'm not doing it by hand!
>
> :-)
>
> --
> Dave G
>
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> I doubt there is any cheap utility to do that. I would generate a 'dir'
>> type
>> output to a text file of the backup and use a database app like Access to
>> do
>> a query for duplicates. It might take a while to find out how to list the
>> files, and how to do the query, but it's all there in the help. No app
>> you
>> download is going to be any easier to learn.
>>
>> --
>> Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web
>> interface.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales....htm#RateAPost
>>
>> Mark L. Ferguson
>>
>> .
>> "drg" <> wrote in message
>> news:5EBD70A1-520B-4B86-A2BF-...
>> > Thank you for that. That bit of software willl come in really handy.
>> > Unfortunately, useful as it is, it doesn't quite hit the spot as far as
>> > my
>> > present problem is concerned. After I've got the database of originals
>> > I
>> > propose to use it to make sense of the pile of dvd "backups" I have
>> > gathered.
>> > --
>> > Dave G
>> >
>> >
>> > "dzomlija" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> drg;615919 Wrote:
>> >> > I have a few thousand photographs on my system, but I slowly drown
>> >> > in
>> >> > backups
>> >> > of backups of backups, which now amount to roughly five times the
>> >> > number of
>> >> > originals.
>> >> > I thought if I could access the file properties sheet and record the
>> >> > details
>> >> > against each file in "access" or somesuch I could soon weed out -
>> >> > automatically - a great many of the duplicates.
>> >> > But how do I access the file properties sheet against each file to
>> >> > write it
>> >> > to a database record against the file name and location?
>> >> > Is it possible?
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Dave G
>> >>
>> >> I don't know about creating some type of database, but this utility
>> >> that I created (Duplicate Picture Finder) may help to elimnate all the
>> >> duplcates.
>> >>
>> >> Be warned though, it can take anything from a few minutes to several
>> >> hours to complete a scan, depending on how many files you check.
>> >>
>> >> Get it here : http://www.phx.co.za/bin/dpfsetup.zip
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> dzomlija
>> >>
>> >> _____________________
>> >> Peter Alexander Dzomlija
>> >> -Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as
>> >> you die, so shall I be Reborn...-
>> >>
>> >> -Download MP3 Media Properties Explorer: --http://www.phx.co.za-
>> >>
>> >> - ASUS A8N32-SLI-Deluxe
>> >> - AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4800+
>> >> - 4GB DDR400
>> >> - 128MB ASUS nVidia 6600
>> >> - Thermaltake Tai-Chi Chassis
>> >> - 1207GB Formatted Storage
>> >> - Vista Ultimate x64
>> >> - CodeGear Delphi 2007See my rig at:
>> >> http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/e...zomlija/Venus/
>> >>
>>

Sorry, no. What I want is to be able to read the file property sheets into a
database. Looking elsewhere it would seem eminently possible, but the
techniques being discussed are way beyond my pay grade. Is there a simple (as
in childlike) way of acquiring the info in these sheets?
--
Dave G


"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> I think the 'timefield' is what you want
>
> /T Controls which time field displayed or used for sorting
> timefield C Creation
> A Last Access
> W Last Written
>
> (dir /?)
>
> --
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>
> Mark L. Ferguson
>
> .
> "drg" <> wrote in message
> news:6FE23202-2D92-4BD5-A084-...
> > Thank you. Done that. I used dir H:*.jpg /s > g:dir.txt There isn't enough
> > data in such a simple dir listing to pick up duplicates with any degree of
> > certainty. It was at that point I noticed that the file properties sheet
> > for
> > each file does have all the data I need to be pretty sure of having got a
> > duplicate, and so why I asked whether it is possible to access the
> > properties
> > sheet either directly or by some sort of extended dir command.
> >
> > Bearing in mind there are several thousand images on each DVD, sure as
> > hell
> > I'm not doing it by hand!
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > --
> > Dave G
> >
> >
> > "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
> >
> >> I doubt there is any cheap utility to do that. I would generate a 'dir'
> >> type
> >> output to a text file of the backup and use a database app like Access to
> >> do
> >> a query for duplicates. It might take a while to find out how to list the
> >> files, and how to do the query, but it's all there in the help. No app
> >> you
> >> download is going to be any easier to learn.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web
> >> interface.
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales....htm#RateAPost
> >>
> >> Mark L. Ferguson
> >>
> >> .
> >> "drg" <> wrote in message
> >> news:5EBD70A1-520B-4B86-A2BF-...
> >> > Thank you for that. That bit of software willl come in really handy.
> >> > Unfortunately, useful as it is, it doesn't quite hit the spot as far as
> >> > my
> >> > present problem is concerned. After I've got the database of originals
> >> > I
> >> > propose to use it to make sense of the pile of dvd "backups" I have
> >> > gathered.
> >> > --
> >> > Dave G
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "dzomlija" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> drg;615919 Wrote:
> >> >> > I have a few thousand photographs on my system, but I slowly drown
> >> >> > in
> >> >> > backups
> >> >> > of backups of backups, which now amount to roughly five times the
> >> >> > number of
> >> >> > originals.
> >> >> > I thought if I could access the file properties sheet and record the
> >> >> > details
> >> >> > against each file in "access" or somesuch I could soon weed out -
> >> >> > automatically - a great many of the duplicates.
> >> >> > But how do I access the file properties sheet against each file to
> >> >> > write it
> >> >> > to a database record against the file name and location?
> >> >> > Is it possible?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Dave G
> >> >>
> >> >> I don't know about creating some type of database, but this utility
> >> >> that I created (Duplicate Picture Finder) may help to elimnate all the
> >> >> duplcates.
> >> >>
> >> >> Be warned though, it can take anything from a few minutes to several
> >> >> hours to complete a scan, depending on how many files you check.
> >> >>
> >> >> Get it here : http://www.phx.co.za/bin/dpfsetup.zip
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> dzomlija
> >> >>
> >> >> _____________________
> >> >> Peter Alexander Dzomlija
> >> >> -Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as
> >> >> you die, so shall I be Reborn...-
> >> >>
> >> >> -Download MP3 Media Properties Explorer: --http://www.phx.co.za-
> >> >>
> >> >> - ASUS A8N32-SLI-Deluxe
> >> >> - AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4800+
> >> >> - 4GB DDR400
> >> >> - 128MB ASUS nVidia 6600
> >> >> - Thermaltake Tai-Chi Chassis
> >> >> - 1207GB Formatted Storage
> >> >> - Vista Ultimate x64
> >> >> - CodeGear Delphi 2007See my rig at:
> >> >> http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/e...zomlija/Venus/
> >> >>
> >>
>