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description:
Possibly identical/similar file locator
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revision 2.7
date: 2015/08/30 13:04:54;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +4 -4
- bump up ver for adding Text::Soundex to Makefile.PL
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revision 2.6
date: 2009/01/02 21:10:20;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +17 -17
- rename package name from File::Find::Similars to File::FindSimilars
- rename executable from file-similars to findsimilars
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revision 2.5
date: 2008/11/05 22:54:08;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +39 -37
- stabilize the similarity check output (previously group order might change).
- update the self-test result in pod accordingly.
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revision 2.4
date: 2008/11/03 14:19:45;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +53 -41
Amend the pod at many places:

- update the SYNOPSIS section
- update the ALGORITHM EXPLANATION section with the new test text
- add the DEPENDS section
- minor fix to the SEE ALSO section
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revision 2.3
date: 2008/11/03 03:18:22;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +62 -35
- make it works.
- add verbose attribute.
- enhance pod at many places.
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revision 2.2
date: 2008/11/02 20:52:18;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +44 -30
Batch renames:

- class attributes
- similarity_check_name to similarity_check
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revision 2.1
date: 2008/11/02 18:01:05;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +101 -33
- first step making it using the OO approach.
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revision 2.0
date: 2008/11/02 01:24:55;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -2
- bump up version to 2.0
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revision 1.29
date: 2008/11/01 23:17:01;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +10 -10
- s/File::Searcher::Similars/File::Find::Similars/g
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revision 1.28
date: 2008/11/01 23:09:21;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +56 -20
- amend the pod
  * minor fix to Intro text
  * add sections according to module-starter
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revision 1.27
date: 2008/10/31 16:07:34;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +3 -3
- cosmetic amend to module identification
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revision 1.26
date: 2008/10/31 15:59:05;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +4 -3
- cosmetic amend: show explicitly how the test is invoked.
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revision 1.25
date: 2008/10/29 16:59:40;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +4 -4
- update contact email
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revision 1.24
date: 2008/10/29 16:47:22;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +86 -37
- update test & output, therefore update pod as well.
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revision 1.23
date: 2008/10/28 23:05:39;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +5 -2
- version deprecated. Future versions are released as File::Find::Similars.
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revision 1.22
date: 2006/12/25 23:59:33;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +25 -3
- add process_stdin
- tested fine

 find . \( -type f -o -type l \) -follow -printf "%p\t%s\n" | fileSimilars.pl -
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revision 1.21
date: 2006/12/25 22:29:19;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +4 -4
- bug fix, $fc_level=0 to compare files between dirs now works
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revision 1.20
date: 2006/12/25 22:17:29;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +6 -6
- s/process_files/process_entries/g
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revision 1.19
date: 2006/12/25 22:08:29;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +19 -20
- move sub process_files, nothing else
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revision 1.18
date: 2003/08/13 04:30:46;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +57 -20
- more accurate similarity check.
 - fine tune config variables
 - bug fix for negative fdsize
 - bug fix for empty soundex array
- add 3rd array wash function, for language specific washing
- add Chinese support
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revision 1.17
date: 2003/08/10 16:32:32;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +6 -6
- document enhancement
- for public release v1.3
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revision 1.16
date: 2003/08/10 16:25:51;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +12 -2
- document enhancement
- for public release v1.3
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revision 1.15
date: 2003/08/10 16:05:25;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +100 -57
- quote the dir names
- new algorithm for similarity check
  p *  soudex + (1-p) * fSize
- introduced hash variable %config
- move the pod to fileSimilars. Rewrite its own pod.
- fix bug, able to invoke again, w/o duplicate file entries
- add LICENSE
- for public release v1.3
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revision 1.14
date: 2002/12/26 18:12:59;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +53 -15
- minior bug fix
- main on document enhancement
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revision 1.13
date: 2002/12/26 01:52:16;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +47 -19
- clean up debug messages
- quote the file names
- the most robust soundex handling that support all cases, eg 'aa bb.cc'
- introduced two arrwash_ functions for customization
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revision 1.12
date: 2002/12/25 23:24:04;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +6 -4
- Chinese file names friendly. Previously "Illegal division by zero" when met with Chinese file names.
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revision 1.11
date: 2002/12/25 23:10:54;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +19 -17
- bug fix, more robust. Fix 3 bugs for file names like aa.mp3, 1.mp3:
 * file extensions
 * decompose SuchKindOfWord
 * short file names

- clearer varible names and tech docs
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revision 1.10
date: 2002/09/16 22:55:09;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +10 -10
- change package name from File::Find::Similars to File::Searcher::Similars
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revision 1.9
date: 2002/09/16 22:16:36;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -4
- remove dependency on fdispatch
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revision 1.8
date: 2001/09/26 02:19:34;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +6 -5
- explain columns
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revision 1.7
date: 2001/09/26 01:53:27;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +67 -151
- change to .pm module
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revision 1.6
date: 2001/09/22 04:08:21;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +41 -18
First public release
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revision 1.5
date: 2001/09/21 01:38:55;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +6 -5
- treat	fileInfos[$ii] the same as fileInfos[$jj]
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revision 1.4
date: 2001/09/21 01:33:17;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +62 -37
- increase us-ability
- --level=1 checking
- more documentation
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revision 1.3
date: 2001/09/20 01:18:01;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +21 -14
- new diff algorithm, name difference is most significant now.
- output file by file size instead of unseen difference level
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revision 1.2
date: 2001/09/20 00:07:33;  author: tong;  state: Exp;  lines: +20 -11
All 1st release functionality ready.
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revision 1.1
date: 2001/09/19 03:34:25;  author: tong;  state: Exp;
Initial revision
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