On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Thomas Jollans <t...@jollybox.de> wrote:
> On 02/08/11 11:32, loial wrote: > > I am trying to hardlink all files in a directory structure using > > os.link. > > > > However I do not think it is possible to hard link directories ? > That is pretty true. I've heard of hardlinked directories on Solaris, but that's kind of an exception to the general rule. > > So presumably I would need to do a mkdir for each sub-directory > > encountered? > > Or is there an easier way to hardlink everything in a directory > > structure?. > > > > The requirement is for hard links, not symbolic links > > > > Yes, you have to mkdir everything. However, there is an easier way: > > subprocess.Popen(['cp','-Rl','target','link']) > > This is assuming that you're only supporting Unices with a working cp > program, but as you're using hard links, that's quite a safe bet, I > should think. > A little more portable way: $ cd from; find . -print | cpio -pdlv ../to cpio: ./b linked to ../to/./b ../to/./b cpio: ./a linked to ../to/./a ../to/./a cpio: ./c linked to ../to/./c ../to/./c ../to/./d cpio: ./d/1 linked to ../to/./d/1 ../to/./d/1 cpio: ./d/2 linked to ../to/./d/2 ../to/./d/2 cpio: ./d/3 linked to ../to/./d/3 ../to/./d/3 0 blocks However, you could do it without a shell command (IOW in pure python) using os.path.walk().
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