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#1 2022-09-08 12:25:29
- OrakMoya
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- Registered: 2019-09-22
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Two instances of same folder, one with changes while other without.
Hello. I wanna mod a game on my system but I also want to be able to play the unmodified version. I was wondering if I can copy the game folder without copying actual data, like a symlink or a hard link, but be able to modify the contents of that new folder without modifying the original. I don't want to copy the game data to another location just to mod it because its 40GB big.
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#2 2022-09-08 12:52:01
- Slithery
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Re: Two instances of same folder, one with changes while other without.
What filesystem(s) are you using.
It's the default behaviour if your filesystem uses CoW (Copy on Write).
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#3 2022-09-08 13:09:04
- OrakMoya
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Re: Two instances of same folder, one with changes while other without.
Im using BTRFS.
I also noticed that the game actually stores mods in the Windows Documents folder so I dont even need to copy the game, just the wineprefix and rename it.
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#4 2022-09-08 13:14:32
- Mr.Elendig
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Re: Two instances of same folder, one with changes while other without.
use one of the multiple overlay filesystems
Evil #archlinux@libera.chat channel op and general support dude.
. files on github, Screenshots, Random pics and the rest
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