user-tools/fdupes-hardlink

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2
   3 true <<EOF
   4 =pod
   5
   6 =head1 NAME
   7
   8 fdupes-hardlink - Make hardlinks from identical files as reported by fdupes(1)
   9
  10 =cut
  11
  12 EOF
  13
  14
  15 case "$1" in
  16 --scan)
  17         shift
  18         fdupes -n -1 -r "$@"
  19         ;;
  20 --from-file)
  21         shift
  22         while read file1 fileN; do
  23                 if [ -e "$file1" ]; then
  24                         for file in $fileN; do
  25                                 ln -f -v "$file1" "$file"
  26                         done
  27                 fi
  28         done <"$1"
  29         ;;
  30 *)
  31         echo \
  32 "Makes hardlinks from identical files as reported by fdupes(1).
  33
  34 USAGE
  35   Create duplication report: $0 --scan [directories] > [report-file]
  36   Make hardlinks according to duplication report: $0 --from-file [report-file]
  37
  38 BUGS
  39   Does not work with files have IFS in their name." >&2
  40         exit 1
  41         ;;
  42 esac