Re: Function to find symlink target

[Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>]

* Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org> [2022-05-28 18:30]:
> Jean Louis wrote:
> 
> > Let us say there are 100 websites, there is repository of
> > pictures, videos, files on computer, but one part must be on
> > websites too, then there is website repository on a local
> > computer. Images and files are then linked to website
> > repository on local computer in their corresponding
> > locations, this saving space, then rsync uploads symlinks as
> > real files to web server.
> >
> > In this case symlinks spare huge hard disk space.
> 
> Actually a file (size F) and a symlink (size S and 0 < S)
> takes F + S while just the file takes F.

Don't know about those calculations. My symlinks point to PDF files
and images, and the order of files in a website directory has to be
replicated on one or more web servers. That is reason why I keep the
order on local computer. Symlinks greatly help in that case, and do
spare the hard disk space.

-- 
Jean

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