Timeline for Why do hard links seem to take the same space as the originals?
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| Aug 27, 2013 at 17:42 | vote | accept | JMCF125 | ||
| Aug 27, 2013 at 16:38 | history | edited | Stéphane Chazelas | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 1345 characters in body |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 16:28 | history | edited | Stéphane Chazelas | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 1345 characters in body |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 16:15 | comment | added | JMCF125 | Thanks. Can you include that in your answer? Wait, I'll clarify my question first. | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 16:13 | comment | added | Stéphane Chazelas | @JMCF125, yes the size taken by their names is the entry in the corresponding directories, it's accounted in the file size of the directories. | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 16:11 | comment | added | JMCF125 | Ahh... Now I see. So a file called "hi" and its exact copy called "ajhĝjdmjefsjmksgskgjkmŝŭna" take exactly the same ammout of space; because their names don't count for that lstat system call that gets their size. | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 16:01 | history | answered | Stéphane Chazelas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |