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Is there a quick way to check the disk usage of hard link?

I'm using rsnapshot to backup, it creates a lot of hard links, use du -sh to check the size takes a very long time.
Is there a quicker way to check the size?
Is there a quicker way to delete the folder contains a lot of hard links?

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  • pipe in to awk

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  • darkimmortaldarkimmortal Member
    edited August 2023

    @hiphiphip0 said:
    I'm using rsnapshot to backup

    Tbh this is the problem, better to use a modern tool like borg, restic, kopia

    rdiff-backup was the least terrible of the era rsnapshot is from, but they’re all just a bit shit

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  • @darkimmortal said:

    I'm using rsnapshot to backup

    Tbh this is the problem, better to use a modern tool like borg, restic, kopia

    I've always wanted to try Borg but never got around to it, it's time to try something new.

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