So I have been reading all the details about Hardlinks not supported and Symbolic links will basically do the same thing. Here is my issue. I teach various subjects and film videos that are quite large. Many times these videos fit into multiple subjects and I had been using Hardlinks because it saves me space, and, I don't want the original to be deleted before I am done with the data that exists in another topic via a hardlink, especially since I lose track of how many times I used that video and where the original is. So If I used a shortcut and delete one topic once I am finished with it, I may delete the data that only exists as a shortcut in another topic that would now no longer work. Hardlinks solved that problem since the data doesn't actually delete until ALL hardlinks have been deleted. How can I now work around this since Hardlinks are not supported? Straight out copying the data which is huge is not an option.
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Divine Warrior Ninjutsu
Hello.
So I have been reading all the details about Hardlinks not supported and Symbolic links will basically do the same thing. Here is my issue. I teach various subjects and film videos that are quite large. Many times these videos fit into multiple subjects and I had been using Hardlinks because it saves me space, and, I don't want the original to be deleted before I am done with the data that exists in another topic via a hardlink, especially since I lose track of how many times I used that video and where the original is. So If I used a shortcut and delete one topic once I am finished with it, I may delete the data that only exists as a shortcut in another topic that would now no longer work. Hardlinks solved that problem since the data doesn't actually delete until ALL hardlinks have been deleted. How can I now work around this since Hardlinks are not supported? Straight out copying the data which is huge is not an option.
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