Post AxcR4FlaLDYPNsHPcm by DaveMasonDotMe@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AxcR42RbsAqq49pmBU by DaveMasonDotMe@mastodon.social
2025-08-28T00:04:01Z
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Confession: it's been a little more than a year since I switched to Linux (from Redmond's adware/malware/spyware "OS"). I all that time, I have not backed up any of my data. I'll be rectifying that tonight--hopefully with some scripting for automation.#Linux#Backup
(DIR) Post #AxcR4361RvB45Uk3Au by DaveMasonDotMe@mastodon.social
2025-08-28T00:04:42Z
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*I'm not looking for advice. Just sharing...and hopefully nudging anyone else like me to get off their butt.
(DIR) Post #AxcR43k52zDi5jU2c4 by D_J_Nathanson@esq.social
2025-08-28T00:08:12Z
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@DaveMasonDotMe What are you using if you don’t mind saying?
(DIR) Post #AxcR44iLQvQT6dgAXw by DaveMasonDotMe@mastodon.social
2025-08-28T00:11:33Z
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@D_J_Nathanson Good question! I haven't settled on anything particular yet.In my Windoze days, I used a batch file along with RoboCopy.exe. It has some command line switches to "mirror" one folder to another and only overwrite source files on your PC/source that are newer than what's on your backup device/target. That helps reduce the backup time a lot.
(DIR) Post #AxcR45o3NBaQUdMF5E by thestrangelet@beige.party
2025-08-28T00:15:04Z
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@DaveMasonDotMe @D_J_Nathanson The rsync command on Linux will do exactly that. $rsync -av <source directory> <destination directory>
(DIR) Post #AxcR47NBY3HbLsnoTw by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2025-08-28T05:38:53Z
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@thestrangeletRsync alone is enough reason to use a *nix computer. rsync is amazing. With rsync and hard links you can recreate Apples Time Machine, except that it both reliable and directly readavle as files. I'm running hourly incremental backups into year month day hour folders and it consumes not s lot more disc then the original.rsync is amazing. @DaveMasonDotMe @D_J_Nathanson
(DIR) Post #AxcR4AEmtjLeEhteJE by DaveMasonDotMe@mastodon.social
2025-08-28T00:12:40Z
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@D_J_Nathanson A smart person would probably recommend I write a shell script with similar logic.But I'm thinking I'll use the R programming language instead...if only because I know enough R to get the job done.
(DIR) Post #AxcR4FlaLDYPNsHPcm by DaveMasonDotMe@mastodon.social
2025-08-28T00:14:51Z
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@D_J_Nathanson I should also add I backup all my personal data to external drives--I don't use the cloud and I probably never will.And yes, I use multiple external drives, with at least one kept offsite away from my home.