Re: [Easytag-mailing] copying on save

[Jim Bryant <kc5vdj yahoo com>]

Thanks for the update, I am seeing the same behavior under FreeBSD-5.0-CURRENT

 7:53:19pm  wahoo(1): ls -i
2253838 .
2047494 ..
2253877 Alices.Restaurant.Massacree.mp3
2253877 Arlo.Guthrie-Alices.Restaurant-01-Alices.Restaurant.Massacree.mp3
2253901 typescript
 7:53:26pm  wahoo(2): easytag
Starting EasyTAG 0.15 ...
Currently using id3lib version 3.7.13 ...
Added to undo list: Alices.Restaurant.Massacree.mp3
Added to undo list: Alices.Restaurant.Massacree.mp3
Written tag of 'Alices.Restaurant.Massacree.mp3'
EasyTAG: Normal exit.
 7:54:17pm  wahoo(3): ls -i
2253838 .
2047494 ..
2253900 Alices.Restaurant.Massacree.mp3
2253877 Arlo.Guthrie-Alices.Restaurant-01-Alices.Restaurant.Massacree.mp3
2253901 typescript
 7:54:21pm  wahoo(4):


john wrote:

> Hi Jérôme,
>
>
> > I've tried to reproduce your problem with hard links to some files, but all
> > seem to work correctly: the both file are update.
>
> I tested further and yes, both files get updated, but the problem remains.
> See yourself:
>
> -- test start
>
> I'm starting with an file called "id3test.mp3". It's owned by the user
> doing all the work.
>
> $ ln id3test.mp3 id3test-2.mp3
> $ ls -i
>
>   14149 id3test-2.mp3    14149 id3test.mp3
>
> Now i edit id3test.mp3 with easytag and save the new info. I check the
> result with easytag and mp3info and both files show up the new id3
> info. Good.
>
> But now:
>
> $ ls -i
>
>   14149 id3test-2.mp3    14093 id3test.mp3
>
> And the link counter on both files changed from 2 to 1. Any further
> editing of one of the files does consequently only change the data of
> one file.
>
> -- test emd
>
> So, I have to correct my last bug report: Editing a hard linked file
> does change every version of it. But this breaks the hard link and
> duplicates the file. Then further editing does not work as
> desired. (Despite the fact, that my hard disk run out of space...)
> When I wrote my last message I might have looked at a file, that I
> edited more than once.
>
> Sorry for the inaccurancy and for causing confusion.
>
>
> > At the present time, I don't know exactly what causes your problem, so
> > please can you give more informations (file permissions, schemes, ...)
>
> easytag 0.15 id3lib 3.8.0
>
> cu,
> john

jim
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