[michelD09]

Hello,
sorry for getting back to the discussions (I read) about folder structure but I'd like to know if the following process could be admissible (on a linux system) :
- I have all my original e-books in one folder, say ~/orig
- I hardlink all theses files in another folder, say ~/dest
- I ask Calibre to watch dest and copy files to its folder (~/Calibre Library), deleting files in ~/dest when they are copied

This way i can kepp ~/orig untouched (for use on another purposes : I need to access ~/orig - which is a "flat" folder, without subfolders - with dired in emacs without having to traverse subfolders structure built by Calibre) and hard links do not occupy much room.

One question is : when Calibre copy the file, does it copy the link (in witch case this doesn't increase room) or does it "re-link" the file to another inode ?

Thanks a lot for your help.
Michel