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<!-- Use the structure provided in this template, do not change it! --> <!-- Note that to use the image field, you should leave the value as {{PAGENAMEE}}.png (or similar) and upload a copy of the image. Hot-linking is not supported. If you don't want an image, just remove that line. --> == Description == <!-- Describe the what the tool does, focusing on it's digital preservation value. Keep it factual. --> FSlint is a utility to find and clean various forms of unwanted extraneous files on a computer file system. This excess of unnecessary files is referred to as lint. FSlint will help find unwanted or problematic lint in your files or file names. The most common forms of lint FSlint finds are duplicate files, empty directories, and improper names. FSlint has multiple tools to perform a multitude of tasks in both the graphical interface and command line modes. There are a total of ten utilities available in both FSlint's graphical and command-line modes, plus two others (find and zipdir) that are available in command-line mode only: * findup - find DUPlicate files * findnl - find Name Lint (problems with filenames) * findu8 - find filenames with invalid utf8 encoding * findbl - find Bad Links (various problems with symlinks) * findsn - find Same Name (problems with clashing names) * finded - find Empty Directories * findid - find files with dead user IDs * findns - find Non Stripped executables * findrs - find Redundant Whitespace in files * findtf - find Temporary Files * findul - find possibly Unused Libraries * zipdir - Reclaim wasted space in ext2 directory entries FSlint is copyrighted 2000-2009 Padraig Brady, P@draigBrady.com. The program is free software and can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or any later version. ===Platform=== FSlint can be found in the online repositories of several major Linux releases, and it can be easily installed through the package manager. Detailed information on how to install FSlint for a variety of distributions is kept up-to-date on FSlint's homepage, [http://www.pixelbeat.org/fslint/ http://www.pixelbeat.org/fslint/] ===Documentation=== A general man page is available. Information on use of individual utilities is available by adding the flag --help to the path to the utility. In addition, documentation for both the GUI and command line tools is available at [http://en.flossmanuals.net/FSlint/ http://en.flossmanuals.net/FSlint/]. A FAQ is available at [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pixelb/fslint/master/doc/FAQ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pixelb/fslint/master/doc/FAQ] ===Included in=== <!-- optional. If the tool has been incorporated into a different toolset (e.g., JHOVE integration into FITS), note that here. --> * [http://www.bitcurator.net BitCurator] == User Experiences == <!-- Add hotlinks to user experiences with the tool (eg. blog posts). These should illustrate the effectiveness (or otherwise) of the tool. Use a bullet list. --> * BitCurator. 2014-04-01. Identify and delete duplicate files. [http://wiki.bitcurator.net/index.php?title=Identify_and_delete_duplicate_files http://wiki.bitcurator.net/index.php?title=Identify_and_delete_duplicate_files] * Byfield, Bruce. 2007-03-27. Flint: annoyingly vague, but useful. Linux Journal. [http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/fslint-annoyingly-vague-useful http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/fslint-annoyingly-vague-useful] * drad's blog, 2012-06-02. Find Duplicate Files - A comparison of dupes and fslint. [http://www.adercon.com/ac/node/56 http://www.adercon.com/ac/node/56] * Blog My Mix. 2010-04-21. De-duplicate with Fslint (little review). [http://blogmymix.blogspot.com/2010/04/de-duplicate-with-fslint.html http://blogmymix.blogspot.com/2010/04/de-duplicate-with-fslint.html] == Development Activity == <!-- Provide *evidence* of development activity of the tool. For example, RSS feeds for code issues or commits. --> <rss max=5>https://github.com/pixelb/fslint/commits/master.atom</rss> <!-- Add the OpenHub.com ID for the tool, if known. -->