Replace duplicates with symlinks [SOLVED]

[Dave Woyciesjes]

Brian McKee wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Dave Woyciesjes
> <woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> RE: FSlint program....
>>
>> Phil Bieber wrote:
>>> Anyhow, interesting thread and I'm probably gonna try that on my music
>>> hard disk, as I have some songs more than once (different albums etc)
>>> :)
>>>
>>        Well if I'm understanding it right, fslint would see TomSawyer.mp3
>> (from Moving Pictures) as different from TomSawyer.mp3 (from Exit Stage
>> Left); and therefore leave both intact and not merge. Since the
>> different album names in the ID tag would produce different checksums...
>>
>> Right?
> 
> Yep - and they are almost certainly not the same audio anyway.  To be
> bit identical if they were really from different albums (even though
> the analog master may have been the same) isn't gonna happen.
> 
> Brian
> 
	Well, yeah, there is that nit to pick. :) My example was based upon the 
audio part being bit for bit duplicates, and _just_ the album name in ID 
tag differing.
	Your confirmation makes FSlint very useful for my purposes. Elimnating 
_only_ bit for bit duplicates.

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