[GH-ISSUE #1320] Why not support hard links? #706

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opened 2026-03-04 01:48:05 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments
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Originally created by @Roay on GitHub (Jul 1, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/issues/1320

Originally created by @Roay on GitHub (Jul 1, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/issues/1320
kerem closed this issue 2026-03-04 01:48:05 +03:00
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@Conrad-T-Pino commented on GitHub (Jul 1, 2020):

AWS S3 lacks the capabilities required to support hard links (multiple references to the same S3 object).

<!-- gh-comment-id:652699362 --> @Conrad-T-Pino commented on GitHub (Jul 1, 2020): AWS S3 lacks the capabilities required to support hard links (multiple references to the same S3 object).
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@Roay commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2020):

tks

<!-- gh-comment-id:652804857 --> @Roay commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2020): tks
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@gaul commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2020):

s3fs does support symbolic links which can replace many uses of hard links.

<!-- gh-comment-id:652966761 --> @gaul commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2020): s3fs does support symbolic links which can replace many uses of hard links.
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