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Qu Wenruo wrote on 2016/03/12 16:16 +0800:
>
>
> On 03/11/2016 07:43 PM, David Sterba wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 08:57:12AM +0800, Qu Wenruo wrote:
>>>> The ioctl FIDEDUPERANGE and the tool duperemove both use "dupe".
>>>> It would be nice if we could be consistent and all use the same
>>>> abbreviation.
>>>
>>> Yes, current kernel VFS level offline dedup uses the name "dedupe".
>>> But on the other hand, ZFS uses the name "dedup" for their online dedup.
>>>
>>> And personally speaking, I'd like some difference to distinguish inline
>>> dedup and offline dedup.
>>> In that case, the extra "e" seems somewhat useful.
>>> With "e", it's intended for offline use. Without "e", it's intended for
>>> online use.
>>
>> Such difference is very subtle and I think we should stick to just one
>> spelling, which shall be 'dedupe'.
>
> OK, I'll change them to 'dedupe' in next bug fix version.
>
> Thanks,
> Qu
>
>
BTW, I am always interested in, why de-duplication can be shorted as 
'dedupe'.

I didn't see any 'e' in the whole word "DUPlication".
Or it's an abbreviation of "DUPlicatE" instead of "DUPlication"?

Thanks,
Qu