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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Paul   
   Re: Best Backup tool for Home Directory   
   17 Nov 25 04:47:25   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 16 Nov 2025 22:12:15 -0500, Paul wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 11/16/2025 9:45 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:58:40 +1100, Felix wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Felix wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Dan Purgert wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I'd put a tenner on the problem being spaces in the directory   
   >>>>> names "timeshift disk" and "deja dup" being the cause.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> I'll rename them and try   
   >>>   
   >>> you won the bet! :) problem solved. at least with DejaDup   
   >>   
   >> Crummily-written script ...   
   >   
   > Remember the reputation of Linux helpers when you say that.   
      
   Not being able to handle spaces in filenames is a very elementary   
   shell-scripting faux pas.   
      
   > You're supposed to encourage best practice, not make personal   
   > attacks.   
      
   Which “person” am I attacking?   
      
   I don’t know who wrote that crummy script, and I don’t care.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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