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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Monsieur   
   Re: Copying home folder to new machine   
   02 Sep 25 22:47:24   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 2 Sep 2025 15:03:54 +0200, Monsieur wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Think of a computer as a very powerful, but very literal, genie. It   
   >> does exactly what you tell it to do, no more, no less.   
   >   
   > Yes but no. There's too much weird stuff going on with computers. One   
   > day scientists will be able to prove that computers can actually be in a   
   > bad mood and refuse to cooperate.   
      
   They can smell fear.   
      
   >> Did the copy command/tool you use preserve all that on the copy?   
   >   
   > No idea.   
      
   This is why we like to use rsync to do such bulk copies. It has options to   
   guarantee all that.   
      
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