Copy data from one hard drive to another and keep hardlinks intact

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David.P
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Copy data from one hard drive to another and keep hardlinks intact

Post by David.P »

I got a folder structure of 500GB with about 200,000 files, of which thousands are hardlinks.

I'd like to duplicate the data to another SSD, but keep all hardlinks intact.

Most file managers create duplicates of the files that were connected by hardlinks, when copying.

Can XYplorer duplicate the data without undoing the hardlinks?

highend
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Re: Copy data from one hard drive to another and keep hardlinks intact

Post by highend »

From a simple test with a single hardlinked file: Nope
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David.P
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Re: Copy data from one hard drive to another and keep hardlinks intact

Post by David.P »

Thanks. I forgot that the great Link Shell Extension by Hermann Schinagl can do it. Will now use this for the time being.

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