Information about the package, samefile, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The samefile package is designed for, Command-line utility to find identical files on the file system.
Package Name:
samefile
Summary:
Command-line utility to find identical files on the file system
Description:
The samefile utility finds files with identical contents, independent of file name. This program is for you if you are notoriously low on disk space, keep exceeding your disk quota, pay for your storage by the megabyte, run any kind of file server, need to reduce the size of your backups, or just want to get a feeling for how much redundant files are there on your system.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.14
Release:
1.el6
Size:
21 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the samefile package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install samefile
This command will install samefile on the server.
yum remove samefile
This command will un-install samefile on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove samefile, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove samefile
This command will un-install samefile on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove samefile when using the -y flag.
yum update samefile
This command will update samefile to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove samefile, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update samefile
This command will update samefile to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove samefile when using the -y flag.
yum info samefile
This command will show you core information about the samefile package.
yum deplist samefile
This command will show you the dependencies for samefile. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update samefile
This command will check if there is an update waiting on samefile. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.