#4773 closed Enhancement (invalid)
Use hard links instead of copying data when source and dest are on same filesystem
| Reported by: | mechanic | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | None Set |
| Component: | Transmission | Version: | 2.42 |
| Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: |
Description
When a torrent is moved from incomplete-dir to download-dir or when a user changes the data location of a torrent, the data is copied, which causes unnecessary i/o if the source and destination are on the same filesystem. Especially since there is no separate thread for i/o, this can cause transmission to block for a while. Hard linking the data files would be much more efficient when possible.
Change History (3)
comment:1 Changed 11 years ago by jordan
comment:2 Changed 11 years ago by mechanic
- Resolution set to invalid
- Status changed from new to closed
You are correct, my bad.
comment:3 Changed 11 years ago by jordan
Hooray, I was correct for once!
/me puts a gold star on his calendar for the day
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Hm, iirc we try rename() first before actually copying the file, so if we're doing same-filesystem movement it shouldn't be copying right now. Mechanic, could you double-check this request?