On Sat, 2018-03-10 at 09:57 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote: > No, what I was mentioning here is what I have read as standard linux > functionality with copying, when a file is copied, and it doesn't > matter where to, rather than create a 2nd copy of the file, the > "copy" is created as a hard link to the original file, for storage > efficiency, and then when one of the files is updated the hardlink is > broken and both files become physical. Considering all the grinding noises my hard drive makes if I copy a file, I wouldn't have said it works in that way. -- [tim@localhost ~] -rsvp Linux 4.13.16-100.fc25.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Nov 27 19:52:46 UTC 2017 x86_64 Boilerplate: All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I only get to see the messages posted to the mailing list. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
