Recursive Hard Links
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:28 am
I've got a backup of the mother-in-law's hard drive and it's a chuffing mess.
I'd like to run some fun scripts to put the files in some semblance of order, but before I do, I'd like to take a backup.
Since I'm not touching file content, hard links seem like a good way to save space.
I've duplicated the folder holding the backup using
Is that enough?
I'd like to run some fun scripts to put the files in some semblance of order, but before I do, I'd like to take a backup.
Since I'm not touching file content, hard links seem like a good way to save space.
I've duplicated the folder holding the backup using
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cp -rl