a similar tool is
https://code.google.com/p/hardlinkpy/
Fdupes: A tool to de-duplicate files
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Re: Fdupes: A tool to de-duplicate files
#12It's not exactly clear, but I'm assuming this is some kind of automated hard-linking utility? Or does it use its own special magic? (filesystem type restrictions?)
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Re: Fdupes: A tool to de-duplicate files
#13Is this multiplatform? I think it's interesting how many projects forget to mention what operating system they target.
It's worked on every linux/unix variant I've tried it on (including OS X where it's in homebrew), but I can't swear to anything non-*nix.
Re: Fdupes: A tool to de-duplicate files
#14It's not exactly clear, but I'm assuming this is some kind of automated hard-linking utility? Or does it use its own special magic? (filesystem type restrictions?)
It just finds (and optionally deletes) duplicate files. For hardlinking the duplicates, there's freedup.