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[I was wrong, see below.—cw] It doesn't do the same thing. An APFS clone/copy-on-write clone is not the same as a hard or soft link. https://eclecticlight.co/20
by CharlesW 2y ago
[I was wrong, see below.—cw] It doesn't do the same thing. An APFS clone/copy-on-write clone is not the same as a hard or soft link. https://eclecticlight.co/2019/01/05/aliases-hard-links-symlinks-and-copies-in-mojaves-apfs/ https://eclecticlight.co/2019/01/05/aliases-hard-links-symli...
- PenguinRevolver 2y agoYour source points out that: < You can also create [APFS (copy on write) clones] in Terminal using the command `cp -c oldfilename newfilename` where the c option requires cloning rather than a regular copy. `fclones dedupe` uses the same command[1]: if cfg!(target_os = "macos") { result.push(format!("cp -c {target} {link}")); [1] https://github.com/pkolaczk/fclones/blob/555cde08fde4e700b2559bf93044bb17755321cf/fclones/src/dedupe.rs#L406 https://github.com/pkolaczk/fclones/blob/555cde08fde4e700b25...
- CharlesW 2y agoI stand corrected, thank you!