Re: How to use /usr/sbin/hardlink?

[John Haxby <jch scalix com>]

Brian Long wrote:

> Does anyone know the proper way to use this utility to
> consolidate and hardlink duplicate files?  It only offers a simple usage
> statement:
>  
I haven't tried it in anger, but  "hardlink -nv /usr/bin" suggests that 
I can consolidate five files.  (-n, don't do it, -v verbose).  "hardlink 
-v /usr/bin" (not as root) tells me which files by virtue of not being 
able to do it :-)   hardlink -c would only compare contents, that is two 
files would be considered identical if they only differ in permissions 
and ownership and whatnot.

jch