I'm not sure how that relates to my question Walter but thanks. ls -i gets you there too. :) -g
On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 2:56 AM, Walter de Jong <walter.dej...@surfsara.nl> wrote: > Hi, > > You can use `stat` to see that the inode numbers are identical. Hardlinked > files also have a link count higher than 1. > > $ echo hello >file1 > > $ ln file1 file2 > > $ stat file1 > File: `file1' > Size: 6 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 regular file > Device: 802h/2050d Inode: 134366889 Links: 2 > Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: (31002/ walter) Gid: (31013/ walter) > Access: 2017-02-20 08:47:47.113865575 +0100 > Modify: 2017-02-20 08:47:47.113865575 +0100 > Change: 2017-02-20 08:47:52.210053451 +0100 > Birth: - > > $ stat file2 > File: `file2' > Size: 6 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 regular file > Device: 802h/2050d Inode: 134366889 Links: 2 > Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: (31002/ walter) Gid: (31013/ walter) > Access: 2017-02-20 08:47:47.113865575 +0100 > Modify: 2017-02-20 08:47:47.113865575 +0100 > Change: 2017-02-20 08:47:52.210053451 +0100 > Birth: - > > > Greets, > > --Walter > > > > On Sun, 19 Feb 2017 02:59:04 +0100, greg whynott <greg.whyn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello, >> >> Is there a method to exclude hardlinks from being transferred which exist >> within the data set to be transferred, yet are recreated on the other end? >> (using url-copy or any other tool) >> >> An example. In the below scenario only two files would actually cross the >> wire, file1.gz and subdir/file1.gz. file2.gz would be detected as a >> hardlink and excluded, file2.gz's hardlink would be recreated on the >> remote end. >> >> cp /opt/xfer/file1.gz /home/globus/xfer/file1.gz >> cp /opt/xfer/file1.gz /home/globus/xfer/subdir/file1.gz >> ln /home/globus/xfer/file1.gz /home/globus/xfer/file2.gz >> >> >> cheers, >> greg >> >> > > -- > Walter de Jong > | Systems expert | SURFsara | Science Park 140 | 1098 XG Amsterdam | T 020 > 800 1300 | walter.dej...@surfsara.nl | www.surfsara.nl | > | We are ISO 27001 certified and meet the high requirements for > information security. | >