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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] multiple archive hardlink space saving?
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Joshua Jensen |
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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] multiple archive hardlink space saving? |
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Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:24:43 -0400 |
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 4:52 AM, Alexander 'Leo'
Bergolth<address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> You should be able to use a hardlinking utility like freedup,
> hardlink.py, hardlink or hardlink++ on the destination filespace after
> having backed up with rdiff-backup.
Yes, but that only solves half the problem. Sure, I could run a
hardlinker util and the *storage* space problem is solved However,
the *transfer* problem isn't solved. When I backup a new machine, all
those files in common are still transferred instead of simply
hardlinked.
Joshua