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## Information
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This cross-platform app sweeps a folder or drive and displays the size of each item in the folder, to assist the user in cleaning their drive.
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This version is a rewrite of my [Windows-only version](https://github.com/Ravbug/FatFileFinder) in C++, using the [wxWidgets](https://www.wxwidgets.org) library for GUI.
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Similar to [WinDirStat](https://windirstat.net/), but lighter and uses a background thread.
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Similar to [WinDirStat](https://windirstat.net/), but lighter, faster, and uses a background thread.
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Visit [here](https://github.com/Ravbug/FatFileFinder) to use the legacy Windows-only version.
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## Compiling it yourself
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Download a copy of the repository, then
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- **macOS**: Open `mac.xcodeproj` in Xcode and press Build.
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- **macOS**: Open `mac.xcodeproj` in Xcode and press Build. Requires macOS 10.15 or later because of C++17 STL support.
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- **Windows**: Open `windows.sln` in Visual Studio 2019 or later, select your target, and press Build.
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- **Linux**: cd to the root folder and run `make linux-pkg` in your command line. If you are missing packages, the build system will alert you. Visit [this guide](https://github.com/Ravbug/wxWidgetsTemplate/wiki/Building-the-Projects#linux)
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- Note: Linux users must have a C++ compiler installed that can compile C++ 17 source. For g++, this is any version 8.0 or newer. You can get your g++ version with `g++ --version`. If g++ 8 or higher is a separate package, you can run `make linux-pkg CC=g++-8`
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if problems persist. The executable will be located in `linux-build/`.
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- Note: Linux users must have a C++ compiler installed that can compile C++ 17 source. For g++, this is any version 8.0 or newer. You can get your g++ version with `g++ --version`. If g++ 8 or higher is a separate package, you can run `make linux-pkg CC=g++-8`. The executable will be located in `linux-build/`. If problems persist, open an [Issue](https://github.com/Ravbug/FatFileFinderCPP/issues).
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The compile can take a while! On all systems, the compiler is configured to use all of your system's cores.
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