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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.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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