Comment on Nexus Mods with Amethyst-Mod-Manager (first steps starting guide)
WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week agoHardlinks double the file size while soflinks are just info that shows to source much more efficent
Comment on Nexus Mods with Amethyst-Mod-Manager (first steps starting guide)
WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week agoHardlinks double the file size while soflinks are just info that shows to source much more efficent
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Hmm, hardlinks actually doesn’t double the file size, it just appears to be because each file looks like an independent file. The idea is to have one block for the data that is actually occupying the hard drive (or softdrive like ssd, I use softdrive jokingly), and have as many hardlinks as you want. The real data on disk gets deleted only if the last hardlink to it get removed. The only real limitation is, hardlinks can only be on the same drive.
So I understand the technical differences. Overall I would think hardlinks are better for this kind of thing, unless the files point to a different disk.