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Re:What's with this anti-directory structure movement? by rynes on Thursday July 26, 2012 @04:14AM (#4294976)
I read somewhere that Apple uses hard links to directories for time machine.
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Re:What's with this anti-directory structure movement? by epo on Thursday July 26, 2012 @06:24AM (#4295300)
It is one way to avoid storing duplicates, which is important for a versioned backup system. If you're smart enough to avoid loops then it is a reasonable thing to do.
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