[Ardour-Users] WAVpack and embed audio

[Paul Davis]

On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 23:06 -0800, Ken Restivo wrote:
> I've noticed an annoying problem.
> 
> If I embed audio, Ardour seems to create a hard link, not a soft link. I *really really* wish it wouldn't do that-- just a soft link is sufficient.

the hard link is created if and only if the original file is present on
the same filesystem as the session folder. its purpose is to prevent
removal of the "original" file from causing problems for the session.
soft links do not accomplish this.