tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250269325136296054.post8443485660975132817..comments2009-05-01T23:41:57.629+02:00francihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136986325582743029noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250269325136296054.post-13929719917389747142009-05-01T23:41:00.000+02:002009-05-01T23:41:00.000+02:00Hi samwyse,<br /><br />Nice feedback. I've been thinking about hardlinks, but I have to find the better workaround because java can't handle hardlinks. Symlinks can be identified by comparing getCanonicalFile and getAbsoluteFile.<br /><br />What's the better posix compatible option to identify a hardlink? Without using C api :-)<br /><br />I think the best option to create hardlinks will be "ln" command.<br /><br />I've been thinking too in a CopyWrite filesystem capability, linux and solaris have lots of repeated files, It would be nice to mark them as a hardlink with "copy on write".<br /><br />again, nice feedback, I have written it down <A HREF="http://code.google.com/p/softenido/wiki/FindRepe" REL="nofollow">here</A> and hope hear from you again soon.francihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136986325582743029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250269325136296054.post-81913453238175966622009-05-01T15:15:00.000+02:002009-05-01T15:15:00.000+02:00I've used a similar Perl script for years to reduce congestion on my hard drive. There is one difference, however; my program hand-links duplicate files together instead of must removing one. This lets me use directories as tags, with files kept in multiple places so I can find them easily later. For example, all photos that show Jack are in one folder, all that show Jill are in another, those that show both are in each.<br /><br />Anyway, a --hardlink option to duplicate this could be useful.samwysehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285049798805286169noreply@blogger.com