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@@ -254,15 +254,14 @@ In order:
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- `report` prints the file-level duplicate report from the database.
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- `trees` prints the duplicate-tree report from the database.
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- `info` prints the database's details.
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- `dwim` scans `/` with the default excludes, then prints the duplicate-tree
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report.
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- `dwim` scans `/`, then prints the duplicate-tree report.
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```
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sfdupes scan [--workers N] [-x] [--no-default-excludes] [--exclude PATH]... PATH...
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sfdupes report > dupes.tsv
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sfdupes trees > dupetrees.tsv
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sfdupes info
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sfdupes dwim
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sfdupes dwim [--workers N] [-x] [--no-default-excludes] [--exclude PATH]...
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sfdupes --version
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sfdupes [command] --help
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```
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@@ -292,20 +291,20 @@ The reference below is also the program's specification.
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database is `/var/lib/sfdupes/db.sqlite`. There is no command-line flag for
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it. The path names the file exactly, whatever characters it holds. A relative
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path is relative to the working directory.
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- `--workers N` (`scan`) sets how many directories `scan` reads at once while it
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lists the trees. It also sets how many files `scan` reads at once while it
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hashes them. The default is the number of CPUs. `N` must be at least 1. A
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smaller value is a usage error, reported in one line on stderr with exit 2
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before anything is scanned.
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- `-x`, `--one-file-system` (`scan`) keeps the walk of each operand out of
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directories on other filesystems, as the same flag does for `du` and `rsync`.
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By default the walk also enters directories on other filesystems.
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- `--no-default-excludes` (`scan`) lets the walk enter the default excludes.
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Those are the system and temporary directories the walk otherwise leaves out,
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such as `/var/tmp` on Linux (see "Rules for the walk").
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- `--exclude PATH` (`scan`) keeps the walk out of `PATH` and everything below
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it. `PATH` may be a directory or a file. The flag may be given more than once.
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The walk knows `PATH` by its device ID and inode number, as it knows the
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- `--workers N` (`scan`, `dwim`) sets how many directories `scan` reads at once
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while it lists the trees. It also sets how many files `scan` reads at once
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while it hashes them. The default is the number of CPUs. `N` must be at
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least 1. A smaller value is a usage error, reported in one line on stderr with
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exit 2 before anything is scanned.
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- `-x`, `--one-file-system` (`scan`, `dwim`) keeps the walk of each operand out
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of directories on other filesystems, as the same flag does for `du` and
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`rsync`. By default the walk also enters directories on other filesystems.
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- `--no-default-excludes` (`scan`, `dwim`) lets the walk enter the default
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excludes. Those are the system and temporary directories the walk otherwise
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leaves out, such as `/var/tmp` on Linux (see "Rules for the walk").
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- `--exclude PATH` (`scan`, `dwim`) keeps the walk out of `PATH` and everything
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below it. `PATH` may be a directory or a file. The flag may be given more than
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once. The walk knows `PATH` by its device ID and inode number, as it knows the
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database files (see "Rules for the walk"). So the walk leaves `PATH` out
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whatever path leads to it. That includes a hard link to a file given as
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`PATH`. A symlink given as `PATH` excludes its target. An empty `PATH`, as in
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@@ -318,9 +317,9 @@ The reference below is also the program's specification.
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- `--help`, `-h`, alone or after a subcommand, prints the help text to stderr
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and exits 0. It writes nothing to stdout. The help of `sfdupes` and of `scan`
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names the database. The help of `report`, `trees`, `info` and `dwim` says what
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each prints. `sfdupes scan --help` also lists the default excludes of the
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system it runs on, and the filesystem types the walk never records anything
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on.
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each prints. `sfdupes scan --help` and `sfdupes dwim --help` also list the
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default excludes of the system they run on, and the filesystem types the walk
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never records anything on.
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### Duplicate detection
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@@ -858,14 +857,25 @@ trees: 14 records read, 1 duplicate tree groups, 1 dupe trees, 3.0 KiB reclaimab
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### `dwim` mode
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`dwim`, short for "do what I mean", scans a new machine and reports its
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duplicate trees in one command. It takes no positional arguments and no flags of
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its own. Like `scan`, it should run as root, so that it can read every file.
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duplicate trees in one command. It takes no positional arguments. Like `scan`,
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it should run as root, so that it can read every file.
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`dwim` runs what `sfdupes scan /` runs with no flags. The walk skips the default
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excludes and crosses into other filesystems. `--workers` keeps its default. The
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`dwim` takes these flags of `scan`, with the same meaning (see "Settings"):
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- `--workers N`;
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- `-x`, `--one-file-system`;
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- `--no-default-excludes`;
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- `--exclude PATH`, which may be given more than once.
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`dwim` runs what `sfdupes scan /` runs with the same flags. With no flags, the
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walk skips the default excludes and crosses into other filesystems. The
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database, its creation and the scan lock are those of `scan`. Then `dwim` runs
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what `sfdupes trees` runs. The largest trees come first.
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```
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sfdupes dwim -x --exclude /srv/cache
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```
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The report goes to stdout, exactly as `trees` prints it. On stderr comes what
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`scan` prints, then what `trees` prints, then one last line:
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