Opened 16 years ago
Last modified 15 years ago
#714 new Feature Requests (None)
[jam] HardLink rule on NT platform
Reported by: | nobody | Owned by: | Vladimir Prus |
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Milestone: | To Be Determined | Component: | build |
Version: | Boost Development Trunk | Severity: | Optimization |
Keywords: | Cc: |
Description (last modified by )
I've installed boost and noticed that HardLink rule on NT copies file although NT has support for hardlinks (on NTFS, of course). To use this feature while installing boost i've created file hardlink.bat with following contents: fsutil hardlink create %2 %1 and put it into %WINDIR%\system32 also i've changed line 194 of tools\build\v1\allyourbase.jam file from LN ?= $(CP) ; to LN ?= hardlink ; these changes allowed me to save about 600 M of my harddisk space. Not a big deal, yes, but otherwise these 600M would exceed my disk space :-) I think my solution is not ideal, but it could be helpful for people. So maybe it will be included in boost distibution, when adapted. Thanks. mailto: forums (dog here) green dot nsk dot ru
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 15 years ago
Component: | None → bjam |
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Description: | modified (diff) |
Owner: | changed from | to
Severity: | → Showstopper |
Status: | assigned → new |
comment:2 by , 15 years ago
Component: | bjam → build |
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Milestone: | → To Be Determined |
Owner: | changed from | to
Severity: | Showstopper → Optimization |
Version: | None → Boost Development Trunk |
comment:3 by , 15 years ago
I don't know if it's useful for this ticket, but I found this article about windows symlinks and hardlinks very informative: http://shell-shocked.org/article.php?id=284
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Not sure why this is a showstopper. Yes, we do a copy because it's the portable thing to do. Is there a built-in command for doing hardlinks in NT?