
 Description
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`hardlink` is a shell script to reduce space on a filesystem by
replacing identical files by hard links.

It can for example reduce the space which is required to have more
then one subversion of a linux kernel on a filesystem by replacing the
identical files by hard links. So all files of the first subversion
will exist once and in the other subversions there are only the
patched files which will need space on the filesystem.


 Installation
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Simply copy `hardlink' to a location in your command path
(e.g. /usr/bin).

The makefile is only used for generating the documentation.  :)


 Documentation
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The documentation is in `hardlink.info'.
To view it use `info -f hardlink.info' or an ascii viewer of your
choice.

From the texinfo source it is possible to generate html and dvi versions
of the documentation with `make html' or `make dvi' repectively.


 Files
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AUTHORS                      Who wrote hardlink.
COPYING                      The GNU General Public License
                             says how you can use hardlink.
Makefile                     To generate the documentation (info and dvi).
README                       This file.
hardlink                     Shell script (the program).
hardlink.info                Documentation of the program.
hardlink.texinfo             Documentation source.

