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update README.md with the algorithm optionally skipping checksumming
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@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Rdfind uses the following algorithm. If N is the number of files to search throu
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8. Remove files from list that have the same size but different first bytes.
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9. Sort on device and inode(speeds up file reading). Read a few bytes from the end of each file (last bytes).
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10. Remove files from list that have the same size but different last bytes.
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11. Sort on device and inode(speeds up file reading). Perform a checksum calculation for each file.
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11. Sort on device and inode(speeds up file reading). Perform a checksum calculation for each file (unless disabled with -checksum none).
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12. Only keep files on the list with the same size and checksum. These are duplicates.
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13. Sort list on size, priority number, and depth. The first file for every set of duplicates is considered to be the original.
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14. If flag ”-makeresultsfile true”, then print results file (default).

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