I have a need to get a count of the number of files in ALL directories and subdirectories on a system.
The reason is this. This machine has over 60-Million files across 2-volumes (yes, you read that correctly)
I need to be able to copy/move the files to an external hard drive. The problem is there are only 10-high level directories. Everything else fans out across multiple sub-trees, sub-sub-sub-sub directories and so forth.
Every attempt to move these files using standard Windoz Explore spends hours in "counting files to move" and then crashes and burns on "insufficient memory".
While I own several copies of DOPUS, this is on a work machine. I was going to install a trial of DOPUS just to perform this task.
Good grief, it has been so long since I bought the license that I'd forgotten it is a $10 optional extra. Indispensable, in my opinion.
Regards, AB[/quote]
Yes, I have the USB and FTP version.
However, the machine is not physically accessible. Accessing through mstsc.
Either way, the issue is counting the number of files.
On this same topic/task, will DOPUS give me the same grief when trying to move millions of files? Is there a way to get it to stop/not count and just MOVE the files as it finds them in each sub-sub-sub-sub dir?
Thanks. I am assuming that the "copying" option also applies to "moving" since I saw there was a different option for "deleting".
How about just giving me a count of the files, when I need it? I need to be able to drill down multiple subdirs to find out which directory has the most (or least) files, count-wise. Size is irrelevant since the process I need to run builds a file-list in memory (apps 1GB of ram for every 5-Million objects).
This thread is confusing. Do you want the files to be counted when copying or not? Are there really two entirely separate questions here, one question about how to work out how many files are in different places and another question about how to copy files without counting them in advance (which is what the option Jon mentioned will do)?
Opus has columns which you can turn on which will display counts of the files/folders below a certain point. Or you could just use the standard Properties dialog which will show you a count of the selected items.
The option Jon mentioned does apply to moving as well as copying, as you guessed.
[quote="leo"]This thread is confusing. Do you want the files to be counted when copying or not? Are there really two entirely separate questions here, one question about how to work out how many files are in different places and another question about how to copy files without counting them in advance (which is what the option Jon mentioned will do)?
Opus has columns which you can turn on which will display counts of the files/folders below a certain point. Or you could just use the standard Properties dialog which will show you a count of the selected items.
The option Jon mentioned does apply to moving as well as copying, as you guessed.[/quote]
The primary issue is the need of a count of files in each and every dir/sub/sub/sub dir. The secondary issue was to stop the "counting" message/process when copy/move/deleting.
Yes, I see the column for file-count. I am trying that but getting weird numbers. Might be due to the sheer amount of files.
Are there really two entirely separate questions here, one question about how to work out how many files are in different places and another question about how to copy files without counting them in advance (which is what the option Jon mentioned will do)?