I was wondering if there was a way to get the author and title properties of word, power point and excel documents.
I want to run this on various computers so i don't really want to have to install libs on each one (so i thought running a batch file would be best.
Thanks
See this previous question: Getting file properties using a batch file
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My problem is the following:
I usually backup files (e.g. pictures) on external harddisc drives and the store them away in safe places. In the meantime also on NAS. But I don't want to have them connected and online all the time, for power and security reasons.
If I'm now looking for an old file (e.g. a special jpg from the holiday in April 2004) I would have to connect a few discs and search them for the needed file.
To overcome this problem I usually create a recursive dir-dump into a textfile for the whole disc after backup.
This way I can search the filename in the text-file.
But there still is a problem if I don't exactly know the file name that I am looking for. I know the Year and month and maybe the camera I was using then, but there must be hundreds of files in this month.
Therefore I would like to create a "dummy"-backup-filesystem with all the filesnames on the harddisc but without the actual data behind it. This way I could click through the folders and see the foldernames and filenames and easily find the respective file.
The question is: How do I create such a filesystem copy with the complete folderstructures but only the filenames and not the data?
I'm working on Linux, Opensuse, but I guess this is not a linux specific question.
In the meantime I found the solution I was looking for:
Virtual Volume View:
http://vvvapp.sourceforge.net/
Works with Linux, MacOS and Windows!
Before I begin, I would like to express my appreciation for all of the insight I've gained on stackoverflow and everyone who contributes. I have a general question about managing large numbers of files. I'm trying to determine my options, if any. Here it goes.
Currently, I have a large number of files and I'm on Windows 7. What I've been doing is categorizing the files by copying them into folders based on what needs to be processed together. So, I have one set that contains the files by date (for long term storage) and another that contains the copies by category (for processing and calculations). Of course this doubles my data each time. Now I'm having to create more than one set of categories; 3 copies to be exact. This is quadrupling my data.
For the processing side of things, the data ends up in excel. Originally, all the data was brough into excel. Then all organization and filtering was performed in excel. This was time consuming and not easily maintainable over the long term. Later the work load was shifted to the file system itself, which lightened the work in excel.
The long and short of it is that this is an extremely inefficient use of disk space. What would be a better way of handling this?
Things that have come to mind:
Overlapping Folders
Is there a way to create a folder that only holds the addresses of a file, rather than copying the file. This way I could have two folders reference the same file.
To my understanding, a folder is a file listing the memory addresses of the files inside of it, but on Windows a file can only be contained in one folder.
Microsoft SQL Server
Not sure what could be done here.
Symbolic Links
I'm not an administrator, so I cannot execute the mklink command.
Also, I'm uncertain about any performance issues with this.
A Junction
Apparently not allowed for individual files, only folders in windows.
Search folders (*.search-ms)
Maybe I'm missing something, but to my knowledge there is no way to specify individual files to be listed.
Hashing the files
Creating hash tags for all the files, would allow for the files to be stored once. But then I have no idea how I would handle the hash tags.
XML
Maybe I could use xml files to attach meta data to the files and somehow search using them.
Database File System
I recently came across this concept in my search. Not sure how it would apply Windows.
I have found a partial solution. First, I discovered that the laptop I'm using is actually logged in as Administrator. As an alternative to options 3 and 4, I have decided to use hard-links, which are part of the NTFS file system. However, due to the large number of files, this is unmanageable using the following command from an elevated command prompt:
mklink /h <source\file> <target\file>
Luckily, Hermann Schinagl has created the Link Shell Extension application for Windows Explorer and a very insightful reading of how Junctions, Symbolic Links, and Hard Links work. The only reason that this is currently a partial solution, is due to a separate problem with Windows Explorer, which I intend to post as a separate question. Thank you Hermann.
I have 2 source folders in my project:
src/main/resources/sql/oracle
src/main/resources/sql/sqlserver
They both have a file called mh1.sql.
The project I'm working on used to support only oracle database, so it just use ClassPathResource("mh1.sql") to load the sql file directly, now I need to support different kinds of database, and switch to the correct sql file according to the database type we're using. So, is there any good way to go? without any big impact on the old project. any rough ideas?
BTW, I find that after compilation, I can only find one mh1.sql under bin folder, I'm a new guy in using Eclipse, and I'm curious to know if it's possible to output these 2 folder oracle and sqlserver to the bin folder and each contains its own mh1.sql file?
As for your second question without knowing your exact Eclipse project settings it's of course close to impossible to tell why you're not seeing the oracle and sqlserver subfolders in your bin folder. However, it should be obvious that this being fixed is a prerequisite for your first problem.
Have a look at the ClassPathResource docs, they tell you that you can/should provide a path to your resource rather than just the name. Hence, you can use ClassPathResource("sql/oracle/mh1.sql").
Having said all that you might also just dump the two files in src/main/resources/sql/ (omitting the subfolders) and give them unique names: ora-mh1.sql and mssql-mh1.sql.
I'm new here, so hello everyone!
I wrote a few things in Processing language and now I need to switch to Processing.js. I need to write an app that first scans the sketch folder to prepare a list of provided files. And what was straightforward in Processing is not in PJS.
I'm currently searching the web but I only found solutions for classic Processing. I know that JavaScript has restrictions and in general can't access the user-side files, but is there any way to list the sketch-itself files?
The only way that comes to my mind is to list them on server side via PHP and generate the .pde file dynamically depending on the sketch folder. But the catch is to not use any other language.
Thanks in advance for help!
Processing.js running on a website can only get information that URLs can provide it, and since there are no "dir listings" on the web, it can't grab dir listing content for a URL for you work with. However, depending on what you really want to do, there might be a way to make it work without resorting to PHP.
Assuming you have your Pjs page running on www.example.org/index.html, and you want to list content for www.example.org/sketch/, one option is to simply have a file www.example.org/sketch/list.txt containing all the filenames that the sketch can access, and simply grab that with a
String[] fileNames = loadStrings("./sketch/list.txt")
instruction.
If you can give an example of what you mean with "I need to write an app that first scans the sketch folder to prepare a list of provided files", a more specific solution is probably possible (i.e., what are the files, what does the user need them for, etc)
I have two folders with sub folders. One folder is the base folder, and the other one is the local folder. In these folders and subfolders consist identical as well as non identical files.
I want compare these folders and report the result in some other file. This report must consist of:
List of all identical files
List of all modified files
List of any missing file or folder
List of all non identical file
Is there a tool, batch script or utility for this?
I have tried WinMerge, but it's not the solution.
BeyondCompare is what you're looking for. It will give you all those reports in a matter of clicks.
UPDATE
As a follow up to your comment, you can also use this approach, which is as free as in beer, and does everything via command line.
Install a tool called diff tools, and you'll be able to do something like:
diff.exe
On the command line.
Araxis Merge is very good for this. I comes in a 64 bit version as well.
I have to recommend Beyond Compare for this, it's an excellent folder and file comparison tool. You can integrate it into Visual Studio as well for the file comaprison for a much better merging experience as well.
You can use WinDiff, a graphical file-comparison program.