On Tue, 24 Oct 2023, at 17:19, Itay wrote: > > > On Sun, 22 Oct 2023, at 21:10, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Sun, 22 Oct 2023 17:40:43 +0300 > > Itay <deb...@itayf.fastmail.fm> wrote: > > > >> According to wikipedia[4] the following tools are bidirectional: > >> FreeFileSync / NextCloud / Owncloud / SyncThing > >> Please -- can someone quickly tell me if they respect hardlinks? > >> Or recommend another tool(s) that respect hardlinks? > > > > I can tell you that nextcloud and syncthing do not appear to respect > > hard links. They will copy two hard linked files (the same inode), but > > on the receiving computer the files will not be hard linked. > > > > I suspect the same for owncloud, as nextcloud is a fork of owncloud. > > > > Thank you. Your answer narrows down the options to FreeFileSync. > I'll search the documentation.
According to FreeFileSync forum the tool does *not* respect hardlinks[1,2]. However, in the same forum they recommend the commercial tool SynCovery[2,3]. There are downloads packaged for debian, and a free one month trial. Haven't tried it, yet. My thanks to all the responders. [1] freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6087&hilit=hardlinks#p20016 [2] freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6633&hilit=hardlinks [3] https://www.syncovery.com/ > > > -- > > Does anybody read signatures any more? > > > > https://charlescurley.com > > https://charlescurley.com/blog/
