[Plugin] unbalanced

[StylishQuoter]

Thanks for building and maintaining this great tool.

 

Does unbalanced handle/maintain hardlink?

 

I have trash folder setup and use *rr for hardlinked file management.

 

Recently did a Scatter job to clear a drive, but afterwards my non-hardlinked file number jumped by a lot. 

 

Since I moved many files, it's unclear to me if no hard links are preserved or just partially.

 

Currently using jdupes to fix, but wonder if I did anything wrong, or is it expected that hardlinks will be broken.

 

Thanks!

[jbrodriguez]

18 minutes ago, StylishQuoter said:

Does unbalanced handle/maintain hardlink?

not by default, it uses rsync internally which does support hardlinks, but you need to add the flag in the settings (custom rsync flags).

 

having said that, users have reported some issues with hardlinks, unraid shares (can't remember the details)

 

my suggestion, use another tool if you have hardlinks: i don't use them so i can't validate/test them, there have been report of issues (similar to yours) and finally, it's not a good idea to change the rsync default flags that unbalanced uses (i may remove the custom flag setting altogether)