EVACopy Files

EVACopy FileDigger
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by Or Ben Shabat


Brief
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FileDigger was developed as a complementary product for the EVACopy project:
http://evacopy.sourceforge.net

FileDigger extends your selective restore capability, beyond what Windows
built-in search engine can offer.

The easiest restore procedure is simple - use Windows built-in search engine
to search through the evacuation folder. The search results window lists all
earlier versions of the file(s) you searched for, you only need to select
the one you want.

However, sometimes it's not enough. Let's say you have some files by the same
name in different folders, e.g. ..\john\letter.doc & ..\smith\letter.doc
In this case, searching for earlier versions of "letter.doc" produces results
for both john's and smith's files (and maybe others), while you may be interested
in john's letter only.
Windows search can't search for all files ..\john\letter.doc, but FileDigger can.


How To Use
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Start FileDigger, and point it to the file you want to restore an earlier
version of. Make sure that:
1) the file is selected FROM THE MAIN DESTINATION FOLDER.
2) the file you select is NOT A SHORTCUT of any kind.

As of version 1.2, you can start FileDigger with the destination path (or a
subfolder of it) as a command-line parameter.

Select the desired version from the list FileDigger displays. You can either open
the file to view its contents (and then save it somewhere else, or copy parts of
it to the clipboard), or explore the folder where that file is (and then copy it
somewhere else, or see what other files were saved in the same time).


Open Source
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FileDigger is quite simple, written as an Autoit v3.3.0.0 script. the script
includesthe pseudo-code and remarks.

enjoy!