Wols Lists wrote:
On 27/10/17 13:46, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I know it *can* do it.
But it doesn't by default, and can get very slow if it does.
No, it doesn't get slow just by telling it to keep hardlinks. It gets slow when you tell it to compare files.
Depends on how many hardlinks you've got, and how much ram. Last time I tried it, it brought my system near enough to its knees, though that wasn't the current system that has ram coming out of its ears - the old system had less than a gig iirc.
Might indeed be - it's a warning that I well remembered, but I had not used the option myself in quite some time. Might be it was in (ancient) times of meager hardware, too :D -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org