Create a hard link for files in a specified predefined location (invoked by just passing the file path as argument).

In directory mode (can be invoked with --dir DIRECTORY as arguments) it will deduplicate files in .NET packages folder by creating hardlinks for duplicate (based on filename, size and md5) files.

Samples

linker C:\Downloads\2014\Document.txt

Will create a hard link in C:\_New_\Document.txt.

linker --dir C:\Code\

Will check all sub directories starting in *C:\Code* and deduplicate all files in packages directories.

• v1.1
• Made format configurable
• Added ability to create hard links for .NET packages folder
• v1.0
• Initial version, creates a hard link to _New_\FileName