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[GH-ISSUE #276] Support for following symlinks #118

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opened 2026-06-08 11:25:46 +03:00 by zhus · 2 comments
zhus commented 2026-06-08 11:25:46 +03:00
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Originally created by @teeks99 on GitHub (Nov 17, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/bootandy/dust/issues/276

dust would be much nicer with the ability to dereference symlinks on demand, similar to the -L argument to du.

To elaborate a bit more, this should not be a default. It should only happen when a -L is passed in. If this is the case the program should deal with all the files it finds as if they were in that directory. There may need to be some check to deal with loops in the system though.

The big use case for this is trying to find large files across a system that may span multiple physical drives.

Originally created by @teeks99 on GitHub (Nov 17, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/bootandy/dust/issues/276 `dust` would be much nicer with the ability to dereference symlinks on demand, similar to the `-L` argument to `du`. To elaborate a bit more, this should not be a default. It should only happen when a -L is passed in. If this is the case the program should deal with all the files it finds as if they were in that directory. There may need to be some check to deal with loops in the system though. The big use case for this is trying to find large files across a system that may span multiple physical drives.
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zhus commented 2026-06-08 11:25:46 +03:00
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@bootandy commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2023):

I can look at doing this.

<!-- gh-comment-id:1371291581 --> @bootandy commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2023): I can look at doing this.
zhus commented 2026-06-08 11:25:46 +03:00
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@bootandy commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2023):

https://github.com/bootandy/dust/pull/288

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