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Date:      Sat, 2 Sep 2017 12:37:48 +0100
From:      Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Anything specific to keep in mind restoring from rsync ?
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On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 01:58:05 +0000
Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 08/25/17 06:02, Polytropon wrote:
> > On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 00:13:38 +0000, Manish Jain wrote:
> >> But I am inclined to ask one question here : does FreeBSD actually have
> >> any system-installed hard links (other than . and ..) ?
> > 
> > Several. A good example is the content of /rescue
> 
> 
> So I learn from you/WB that I goofed up  : - )
> 
> My /rescue indeed now has all files therein as separate files (unique 
> inodes). If the system has any more hard links, then my box would be 
> hosting them as separate files.
> 
> Is it okay if I keep using this box as-is-now (no hard links) ? The box 
> runs fantastically well.

	It'll work fine, just uses more disk space. Upgrades should
eventually fix the links I think.

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>



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