selkhateeb/hardlink

Suggestion - List of all hard links

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I do not know if I am dreaming or not but it could be useful to have the list of all hard links. Why ? This will avoid to loose some directory hard linked to others when we forget that.

Unfortunately, I don't think this is possible. Hard links are not really
supported in osx. This is a hack and I would be very careful using it. I
personally choose not to use it unless I absolutely have to.

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Christophe BAL notifications@github.com
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I do not know if I am dreaming or not but it could be useful to have the
list of all hard links. Why ? This will avoid to loose some directory hard
linked to others when we forget that.


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#27.

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Sam Elkhateeb
NanoSN Cloud Computing Service Inc.

What about somehow modifying the metadata of the folder on hard link creation. For example, adding a note saying this is the original folder and this is the linked folder in the notes section which is available by doing command + i on a folder?

I don't know whether this is possible but just an idea.

@selkhateeb : is there other dangers with hardlinks that several applications trying to modify the same file ?

It should be the same as modifying the same file from multiple applications
without a hard link.

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:48 AM, Christophe BAL notifications@github.com
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@selkhateeb https://github.com/selkhateeb : is there other dangers with
hardlinks that several applications trying to modify the same file ?


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#27 (comment).

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Sam Elkhateeb
NanoSN Cloud Computing Service Inc.

Ok, thanks.