Monthly Archives: September 2009

MetaData: I’ll Bet You Thought That Was Private?

Posted on Saturday, September 19, 2009 by Matti

Ever heard of MetaData? Wikipedia describes it best: Metadata (meta data, or sometimes metainformation) is “data about data”, of any sort in any media. So I hear you thinking: who cares? Well, for starters: you should. MetaData contains a lot … Continue reading →

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Using rsync over cp: don’t we just love progressbars?

Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 by Matti

If you need to copy large files in a Linux environment, you would usually use the cp command. Makes sense, since it’s to copy files. The downside: you don’t know how far you are within your copy. You can toggle … Continue reading →

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