<pclass="admonition-title">If you are using Usenet, these examples won't work due to making use of instant/atomic moves and not hardlinks.<br><br>Still want to test if it works?<br><br>Test an import of a 4k remux, or any other big file, and you should notice it's almost instant and not a slower and more I/O intensive copy + delete.</p>
<pclass="admonition-title">If you are using Usenet, these examples won't work due to making use of instant/atomic moves and not hardlinks.<br><br>Still want to test if it works?<br><br>Test an import of a 4k remux, or any other big file, and you should notice it's almost instant and not a slower and more I/O intensive copy + delete.</p>
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<h2id="method-1-using-ls">Method 1: Using ls<aclass="headerlink"href="#method-1-using-ls" title="Permanent link"></a></h2>
<h2id="mac-or-linux-method-1-using-ls">Mac or Linux Method 1: Using ls<aclass="headerlink"href="#mac-or-linux-method-1-using-ls" title="Permanent link"></a></h2>
<p>This is the easiest to check in our opinion.</p>
<p>This is the easiest to check in our opinion.</p>
<p>In your terminal <code>cd</code> to your download location and run <code>ls -al</code> or type <code>ls -al /path/to/your/download/location/</code></p>
<p>In your terminal <code>cd</code> to your download location and run <code>ls -al</code> or type <code>ls -al /path/to/your/download/location/</code></p>
<p>You will get a listing of all your files and on the left side you will see a couple of numbers, every file with a number above 1 are hardlinks.</p>
<p>You will get a listing of all your files and on the left side you will see a couple of numbers, every file with a number above 1 are hardlinks.</p>
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<li>Blue rectangle - Folders/Directories you will need to go into them to check if the files are hardlinked.</li>
<li>Blue rectangle - Folders/Directories you will need to go into them to check if the files are hardlinked.</li>
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<h2id="method-2-using-stat">Method 2: Using stat<aclass="headerlink"href="#method-2-using-stat" title="Permanent link"></a></h2>
<h2id="mac-or-linux-method-2-using-stat">Mac or Linux Method 2: Using stat<aclass="headerlink"href="#mac-or-linux-method-2-using-stat" title="Permanent link"></a></h2>
<p>This way requires a bit more work.</p>
<p>This way requires a bit more work.</p>
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<li>In the terminal type: <code>stat /path/to/your/download/location/file.mkv</code></li>
<li>In the terminal type: <code>stat /path/to/your/download/location/file.mkv</code></li>
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<li>Inode: if the numbers match, you know the files are hardlinked</li>
<li>Inode: if the numbers match, you know the files are hardlinked</li>
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<h2id="method-3-using-inode-copies">Method 3: Using Inode copies<aclass="headerlink"href="#method-3-using-inode-copies" title="Permanent link"></a></h2>
<h2id="mac-or-linux-method-3-using-inode-copies">Mac or Linux Method 3: Using Inode copies<aclass="headerlink"href="#mac-or-linux-method-3-using-inode-copies" title="Permanent link"></a></h2>
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<li>In your terminal <code>cd</code> to your download location and run <code>ls -i file.mkv</code> or type <code>ls -i /path/to/your/download/location/file.mkv</code></li>
<li>In your terminal <code>cd</code> to your download location and run <code>ls -i file.mkv</code> or type <code>ls -i /path/to/your/download/location/file.mkv</code></li>