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Re: Hard-Link Question



On 04.08.06 13:09, Raphael Brunner wrote:
> I have a program (pdumpfs) that create as incremental-backup allways
> hardlinks to the original-files. Thats great, but if I want to watch how
> much space a backup need, then I can't see if the file is the original
> or a new one.

Sorry, I don't get what you mean.

> And check if the inode is the same, that take a lot of
> time for hundreds of files. :-)

Why/when do you want to know this?

> I thinked about to make a "df -h" before and after the backup, then, I
> see the size, but this isn't a nice solution...

well, this will exactly tell you, how much did it need. Why isn't that a
good idea?

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