Adding an option to create symbolic links instead of copying the bitstreams

DSpace-Labs / SAFBuilder

Builds a Simple Archive Format package from files and a spreadsheet

https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Simple+Archive+Format+Packager

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Adding an option to create symbolic links instead of copying the bitstreams #7

Closed marsaoua closed 9 years ago

peterdietz commented 9 years ago

Awesome! Thank you for this contribution. I just tested it with a 50GB package, and previously this would take atleast 30 minutes, (in pure IO of having to copy the files). With the symlink feature, this was very quick, only a few seconds.