You're not the only one misunderstanding, if there is a hard link and you modify the files without removing them first from the original directory then the backup gets modified too. Be careful adding that "-l" (ell)
On Sat, Jun 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM Ethan Azariah <eeke...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 28, 2025, at 4:03 PM, Crystal Kolipe wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 28, 2025 at 03:53:37PM +0100, Ethan Azariah wrote: > >> can ffs run out of inodes as ext2 can? > > > > Yes. > > > > But with default settings and typical use, it probably won't happen. > > thanks. i might have misunderstood inodes role in hard linking. > when you make a hard link, does it use a new inode? > -- Thomas de Grivel https://www.kmx.io
