rdfind, a new Slackware ap/ package
by gus3 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6GC80)
"It is useful for compressing backup directories or just finding duplicate files."
My first thought in response: "So, like defrag, but for metadata", kind of. Backups (not just copies) can put several names into a single matching inode, to save space, then record the copy into storage. Rdfind simply omits the record-copy step.
Thanks to PatV for adding this!
My first thought in response: "So, like defrag, but for metadata", kind of. Backups (not just copies) can put several names into a single matching inode, to save space, then record the copy into storage. Rdfind simply omits the record-copy step.
Thanks to PatV for adding this!