gamemann / hard-link-files

A small C++ application I made in 2016. Imported to GitHub from GFL's Gitlab server.

Description

Warning - This application was made in 2016. I am importing this project to GitHub from GFL's GitLab server.

A small C++ program that automatically hard links all files and subfolders in a directory. I use this program on my Windows Home Server (2008) to make game servers. Since it hard links the files, they don't take up any extra hard drive space.

Why Hard Link Directories/Files?

• Takes up less space - E.g. Having all the servers in one game linked to one installation base is much better than having each server have its own installation (~14GB each for CS:GO).
• If you want to update a game like CS:GO, all you have to do is update the one installation base for the game. Although, you must relink the files that have been changed in the update. I have a update.bat file (in the tools folder) that automatically relinks all the installation files for each game server after updating the game.

Command Line

• --config - Specify a configuration file (default is config.ini).
• --name - The link name. If this isn't specified, you will be asked when the program starts up.
• -remove - Removes the hard linked files (useful for having to relink the files).
• -force - The program will never "pause" (excluding if you must specify a link name at the beginning).