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

Posted: 15 Oct 2021 22:42
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?

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

Posted: 15 Oct 2021 23:21
by highend
From a simple test with a single hardlinked file: Nope

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

Posted: 15 Oct 2021 23:40
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.