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Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 09:02:27 -0300 (BRT)
From: Carlos Santos <casantos@datacom.com.br>
To: =?utf-8?Q?Aur=C3=A9lien?= Aptel <aaptel@suse.com>
Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>, util-linux <util-linux@vger.kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: hardlink util -- files de-duplication
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> From: "Aur=C3=A9lien Aptel" <aaptel@suse.com>
> To: "Karel Zak" <kzak@redhat.com>, "util-linux" <util-linux@vger.kernel.o=
rg>
> Sent: Friday, June 1, 2018 10:25:48 AM
> Subject: Re: hardlink util -- files de-duplication

> Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> writes:
>> Comments & objections?
>=20
> Not objecting but I feel like I should mention there are multiple
> well-established alternatives:
>=20
> 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.

--=20
Carlos Santos (Casantos) - DATACOM, P&D
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