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Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks



On Tue, 24 Oct 2023, at 17:19, Itay wrote:


On Sun, 22 Oct 2023, at 21:10, Charles Curley wrote:
> 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.
>

Thank you.  Your answer narrows down the options to FreeFileSync.
I'll search the documentation.

According to FreeFileSync forum the tool does *not* respect hardlinks[1,2].
However, in the same forum they recommend the commercial tool SynCovery[2,3].
There are downloads packaged for debian, and a free one month trial.
Haven't tried it, yet.

My thanks to all the responders.

[1] freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6087&hilit=hardlinks#p20016
[2] freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6633&hilit=hardlinks
[3] https://www.syncovery.com/


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