<p>You've followed the guide step by step but still want to check if hardlinks are working, or someone on the Sonarr/Radarr support team asked you to check if your files are hardlinked?</p>
<p>You can use 2 options to check if you got working hardlinks.</p>
<p><em>Both ways requires you to login to your terminal with PuTTY or similar software.</em></p>
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<p>You can't create hard links for directories <imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
<p>You can't cross file systems <imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
<li>Instant moves (Atomic-Moves) during import of the *arr (useful when using Usenet)?</li>
<li>Instant moves (Atomic-Moves) during import of the Starr Apps (useful when using Usenet)?</li>
<li>You don't want to use twice the storage when using torrents. (hardlinks)?</li>
<li>You want to perma seed?</li>
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<p>For example, modifying the id3 tags of a .mp3 download after import would modify the download client "copy", resulting in breaking the torrent.</p>
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<p><ahref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">More info from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p>
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<p>You can't create hard links for directories <imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
<p>You can't cross file systems <imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
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<summary><strong>What are Instant Moves (Atomic Moves)?</strong> - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>A real move and not a copy file from download folder to media folder and then delete file from download folder.</p>
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<h3id="what-are-the-arr">What are the arr<aclass="headerlink"href="#what-are-the-arr" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3>
<h3id="what-are-the-starr-apps">What are the Starr Apps<aclass="headerlink"href="#what-are-the-starr-apps" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3>
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<summary><strong>What are the <code>*arr</code>?</strong> - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<summary><strong>What are the <code>Starr Apps</code>?</strong> - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>Sonarr, Radarr and Lidarr gets access to everything because the download folder(s) and media folder will look like and be one file system. Hard links will work and moves will be atomic, instead of copy + delete.</p>
<p>Sonarr, Radarr and Lidarr gets access to everything because the download folder(s) and media folder will look like and be one file system. Hard links will work and moves will be atomic, instead of copy + delete.</p>
<p>Sonarr, Radarr and Lidarr gets access to everything because the download folder(s) and media folder will look like and be one file system. Hard links will work and moves will be atomic, instead of copy + delete.</p>
<p>Sonarr, Radarr and Lidarr gets access to everything because the download folder(s) and media folder will look like and be one file system. Hard links will work and moves will be atomic, instead of copy + delete.</p>
<p>Sonarr, Radarr and Lidarr gets access to everything because the download folder(s) and media folder will look like and be one file system. Hard links will work and moves will be atomic, instead of copy + delete.</p>
<p>Sonarr, Radarr and Lidarr gets access to everything because the download folder(s) and media folder will look like and be one file system. Hard links will work and moves will be atomic, instead of copy + delete.</p>
<summary>Proper and Repacks - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Radarr</p>
<p><code>Media Management</code> =><code>File Management</code> to <code>Do Not Prefer</code> and use the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#repack-proper">Repack/Proper</a> Custom Format.</p>