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trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months agoCan someone explain why, and what to use them for?
Comment on Someone help me understand the sonarr to jellyfin workflow
trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months agoCan someone explain why, and what to use them for?
lucid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
It basically creates a second pointer to the same inode which makes file moves instant. So instead of copying the data to a new location and deleting it from the old it points to the existing inode immediately. You can’t do it across filesystems though so that’s why trash guides recommends using
/data/media/tvand/data/torrentsinstead of the/tvand/downloadspaths the lsio setup suggests since docker treats top level folders as different file systems.It’s mostly useful for torrents in my experience when you need to reseed stuff but also don’t want to point Jellyfin/Plex to a live downloads directory for security reasons.