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Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:13:35 +0200
From: Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de>
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On 02/08/11 11:32, loial wrote:
> I am trying to hardlink all files in a directory structure using
> os.link.
> 
> This works fine for files, but the directory also contains sub-
> directories (which themselves contain files and sub-directories).
> However I do not think it is possible to hard link directories ?
> 
> So presumably I would need to do a mkdir for each sub-directory
> encountered?
> Or is there an easier way to hardlink everything in a directory
> structure?.
> 
> The requirement is for hard links, not symbolic links
> 

Yes, you have to mkdir everything. However, there is an easier way:

subprocess.Popen(['cp','-Rl','target','link'])

This is assuming that you're only supporting Unices with a working cp
program, but as you're using hard links, that's quite a safe bet, I
should think.

- Thomas