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In information technology, a backup, or the process of backing up, refers to the copying and archiving of computer data so it may be used to restore the original after a data loss event.The primary purpose is to recover data after its loss, be… Continue reading

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[one-liner]: Using the Linux Command, dirsplit, to Dynamically Backup a Directory Over Multiple DVDs

Background

At my day job I deal with a fair amount of image data. We typically are shipping the data out on either hard drives, thumb drives, or via SFTP. On occasion we will some times burn it to a CD and/or a DVD. But until today all the data was either large sets (200-400GB) variety, […] Continue reading

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[one-liner]: Calculating Disk Space Usage for a List of Files Using du under Linux

Background

Being the most techie of my group of friends I often get other people’s problems dumped into my lap when something goes wrong with their computer. I generally don’t mind since it gives me the opportunity to help out a friend and work on some obscure problems, such as:

* issue #1: laptop no longer works, […] Continue reading

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