: + * NTFS w/ WinXP or later does support hard links for files (and cygwin : "ln" works for files). The current replication scripts could be ported : to cygwin.
Interesting. THe one other potential hitch that comes to mind is the file locking/deletion issue that forces Lucene to use a "deletable" file on Windows -- I wonder if there would be any problematic interactions between that code path and hardlinks? -Hoss
