On Fri, 09 Dec 2016 02:30:53 -0600, you wrote:
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> Thank you for the flowers Nathan. Truth is while I have been collecting for a while, I'm fairly new to usenet. I met collector in a forum where one of those regular posters was putting up crap. I finally became tired of it. Torrents were becoming thin so I posted. Collector noticed my collection and offered to provide fills. He then invited me to the group. That was about 2 yrs. ago. I am slightly familiar with "PicCheck" and have made a few attempts to make csv's but would love to see an instruction set. TIA.
> Lucky
All right, I assume you have PicCheck set up and ready to go. I
also assume you have your collection saved in a single
directory/folder with subfolders delineating the various series -
TM, M, Y etc. It's important to have one main folder as that will
be your reference folder.
Invoke PicCheck. Hit "File" in the menu. It will drop down - hit
"Make CSV file". That will invoke an applet into which you insert
your "source directory" which will be the main folder under which
all your collection is stored as subfolders - mine is called simply
"vlad", for example. So, hit "Browse" and go to that directory -
you click the directory folder until you can see the subfolders,
then hit "open"
The "source directory" will now be populated in the applet with the
*full path* of your collection. It must end in the main directory
folder - called "vlad" or similar.
Don't worry about "previous CSV file" or any of the options - leave
them at default (as they are). Then, hit start and go to bed. For
800K+ files, it will take a long time but it will be worth it.
When you have a result, it will be a spreadsheet file which uses
hashes (crc) of each and every file so that those files are
fingerprinted.
Let me know when you have a result or, even better, post it. I'll
open it here and compare with Collector's EXCELLENT CSV and give
you more instructions. Next instruction set will be how to
download Collector's CSV, and how to use it to determine exactly
which files you are missing from his collection - and let me tell
you, he wasn't named "Collector" for nothing :)
I look forward to your CSV. If you get stuck, just ping me.
Take good care.
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> On 07 Dec 2016 05:39 PM ,Nathan Hale <nobody@remailer.org.uk> wrote:
> > Thank you very much for your epic post. Can I request one
> > additional effort from you which would assist old timer collectors
> > such as myself?
> >
> > You're undoubtedly familiar with PicCheck (also known as The!Checker). I've used Collectors huge (>800K lines) CSV ever since he posted it as a basis for sorting my collection. Could you please pull down "File" from the pull down menu and hit "Make CSV" of your collection and then post it? It will take a while, something it can do while you sleep - but I can then do a comparison with Collector's CSV and very easily plug in the new files you've posted.
> >
> > Other serious collectors will very much appreciate this too.
> > Lucky, if you're ^not^ familiar with PicCheck, I'm happy to post an
> > instruction set for you - but with a huge collection like yours,
> > you almost certainly are using it.
> >
> > Thanks man.
> >
>
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