Re: hardlink util -- files de-duplication

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> From: "Aurélien Aptel" <aaptel@xxxxxxxx>
> To: "Karel Zak" <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx>, "util-linux" <util-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 1, 2018 10:25:48 AM
> Subject: Re: hardlink util -- files de-duplication

> Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> Comments & objections?
> 
> Not objecting but I feel like I should mention there are multiple
> well-established alternatives:
> 
> https://github.com/tobiasschulz/fdupes
> http://freedup.org/
> https://rdfind.pauldreik.se/
> https://github.com/markfasheh/duperemove

Compared to hardlink, fdupes has a richer feature set (e.g. dedupsoft
links). FreeDup has its own life and does not seem to be adoptable.
Dupremove is a complex software which requires glib2 and sqlite3.

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