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Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks

From Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks
Date 2023-10-22 20:20 +0200
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On Sun, 22 Oct 2023 17:40:43 +0300
Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> wrote:

> According to wikipedia[4] the following tools are bidirectional:
>      FreeFileSync / NextCloud / Owncloud / SyncThing
> Please -- can someone quickly tell me if they respect hardlinks?
> Or recommend another tool(s) that respect hardlinks?

I can tell you that nextcloud and syncthing do not appear to respect
hard links. They will copy two hard linked files (the same inode), but
on the receiving computer the files will not be hard linked.

I suspect the same for owncloud, as nextcloud is a fork of owncloud.

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A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-22 16:50 +0200
  Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-10-22 19:40 +0200
    Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-24 16:20 +0200
  Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Mike Castle <dalgoda+debian@gmail.com> - 2023-10-22 19:40 +0200
    Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-24 16:20 +0200
      Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-10-24 17:20 +0200
        Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-25 09:00 +0200
          Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-10-25 15:30 +0200
            Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-10-26 01:30 +0200
  Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-10-22 19:40 +0200
    Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-24 16:20 +0200
  Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-10-22 20:20 +0200
    Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-24 16:30 +0200
      Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-25 09:10 +0200

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