cryptomator / cryptomator/cryptofs
Allow hard-links to be created
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Description
Would be great if cryptofs would also allow hard-links on disc.
I made a "proof-of-concept" implementation (see patch attached) which only adds about 10 lines of code.
```diff
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/cryptofs/CryptoFileSystemImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/cryptofs/CryptoFileSystemImpl.java
index 3c84460..0fa5077 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/cryptofs/CryptoFileSystemImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/cryptofs/CryptoFileSystemImpl.java
@@ -403,6 +403,12 @@
throw new NoSuchFileException(cleartextSource.toString());
}
}
+
+ void link(CryptoPath cleartextLink, CryptoPath cleartextExisting) throws IOException {
+ Path ciphertextLinkFile = cryptoPathMapper.getCiphertextFilePath(cleartextLink, CiphertextFileType.FILE);
+ Path ciphertextExistingFile = cryptoPathMapper.getCiphertextFilePath(cleartextExisting, CiphertextFileType.FILE);
+ Files.createLink(ciphertextLinkFile, ciphertextExistingFile);
+ }
private void copyAttributes(Path src, Path dst) throws IOException {
Set> supportedAttributeViewTypes = fileStore.supportedFileAttributeViewTypes();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/cryptofs/CryptoFileSystemProvider.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/cryptofs/CryptoFileSystemProvider.java
index ea9595a..3627e68 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/cryptofs/CryptoFileSystemProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/cryptofs/CryptoFileSystemProvider.java
@@ -383,4 +383,9 @@
}
}
+ @Override
+ public void createLink(Path link, Path existing) throws IOException {
+ fileSystem(existing).link(CryptoPath.castAndAssertAbsolute(link), CryptoPath.castAndAssertAbsolute(existing));
+ }
+
}
```
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