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README for hardlink
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hardlink is a tool which replaces multiple copies of a file with hardlinks.
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Inspiration came from http://code.google.com/p/hardlinkpy/, but no code has
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been used.
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This version was originally written in Python as well, but performance issues
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on large data sets caused it to be rewritten in C.
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Installation
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------------
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To install hardlink into /usr, run make install.
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* DESTDIR - May be set to another root system (useful for packaging)
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* PREFIX - Normally usr, may be changed to usr/local
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* MANDIR - Normally $(PREFIX)/share/man (some systems may use $(PREFIX)/man)
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* BINDIR - Normally $(PREFIX)/bin
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Differences to hardlinkpy
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-------------------------
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For users of hardlinkpy, several things are different. One of the most
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important changes is the renaming of all --foo-ignore arguments to
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--ignore-foo ones. This is more similar to the naming of options in GNU
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programs.
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* --timestamp-ignore has been renamed to --ignore-time
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* --owner-ignore has been renamed to --ignore-owner
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* --rights-ignore has been renamed to --ignore-mode
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* --filenames-equal has been renamed to --respect-name
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The option --reverse has been renamed to --minimize. The option --max has
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been renamed to --maximize.
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At the moment, output is different. This may change at a later point.
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Licensing
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---------
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hardlink is published under the terms of the MIT license. See the source code
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for more information. This file is subject to the same licensing terms.
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