[TriLUG] fslint

[Mike Seda]

all,
i have a problem where users are filling up a 2.3 TB partition much 
quicker than expected.

it turns out that there are about 5000 duplicate files there. each file 
is around 200 MB. i was going to write my own deduplication script when 
i came across a tool called fslint:
http://www.pixelbeat.org/fslint

this tool is just a suite of shell scripts. the script (findup) locates 
duplicate files by wrapping some common linux utilities, e.g. find, 
md5sum. basically, i am interested in running the following command:
/path/to/findup -m /path/to/crazy_dir

the aforementioned command says "any found duplicates will be merged 
(using hardlinks)". there is no option for using symlinks. my question 
is why use hardlinks versus symlinks?

also, i would like to know the experiences of anyone who has used fslint 
from command-line (especially the -m option).

thx (in advance),
mike