Feature request: Count Hard links only in specified folders

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SiMoZ_287
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Feature request: Count Hard links only in specified folders

Post by SiMoZ_287 »

Hi, I have some folders where I can only remove duplicates by hardlinking them otherwise they would be generated again. However enabling hardlink detection in general makes the file discovery process take something like 3 times the actual scan process because I already have many hashes cached. Would it be possible to add an option to selectively enable it only for some folders?
SiMoZ_287
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Re: Feature request: Count Hard links only in specified folders

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Any comment?
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DigitalVolcano
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Re: Feature request: Count Hard links only in specified folders

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I'll put this in the suggestion list - currently there is no way around the hardlink detection speed.

Could you get around this by adding your hardlinked files to the Ignore list and excluding them from the scan?
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Re: Feature request: Count Hard links only in specified folders

Post by SiMoZ_287 »

Yes it's what I'm doing right now, no hurry. I just thought it would have been something smart and quick to improve and I wanted to know if anyone read it
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