[DFW.pm] zero length files

Tom Metro tmetro+dfw-pm at gmail.com
Mon Dec 30 14:41:56 PST 2013


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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