[DFW.pm] zero length files

[Tommy Butler]

For our purposes, they're dupes.  Please report them as such.

--Tommy Butler

On 12/30/2013 04:41 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
> What about zero length files?
>
> By one view, they are all duplicates of each other, as their content is
> identical. By another view, the concept of duplication is moot, as they
> have no content.
>
> Likely most algorithms will treat all zero byte files as identical,
> unless the code has a special case.
>
> Should they be handled specially? If so, how? Ignored? Grouped together
> in their own section of the report?
>
>  -Tom
>

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