that it will use much less space. Any "script guru" that can make a
script that given 2 directories, just md5sum files, and if they are
identical, just removes file and makes a symlink?
no need to md5sum files when you can compare them attached script does hardlink, but you can change it.
L.
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Communication Media & Services S.r.l.
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#!/bin/sh dir1="$1" dir2="$2"
if [ -z "$dir1" -o -z "$dir2" -o "$dir1" = "$dir2" ]; then
echo ERROR 1>&2
exit 1
fi
if [ "$dir1" = "${dir1#/*}" ]; then
dir1="$PWD/$dir1"
fi
if [ "$dir2" = "${dir2#/*}" ]; then
dir2="$PWD/$dir2"
fi
if [ ! -d "$dir1" -o ! -d "$dir2" ]; then
echo ERROR 1>&2
exit 1
fi
cd "$dir1"
find . -type f | while read line; do
if cmp "$line" "$dir2/$line"; then
ln -nf "$line" "$dir2/$line"
fi
done
