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Simple backup script
#!/bin/bash BACKUPDATE=$(date +”%y-%m-%d-%H.%M.%S”) echo Creating Backup from files on $SNAPDATE tar czvf test/Lightworks$BACKUPDATE.tgz Lightworks #creating md5sum for backup control check. md5sum test/LightworksBACKUPDATE.tgz >> test/md5sum.txt # use md5sum filename to check if file is identical # use tar xvf test/filename to extract
Where is my diskspace?
A brand new install of a a operating system on a computer is great. Lots and lots of space, you just keep installing, and then suddenly you are out of disk space. But where did the diskspace all go? There are several tools to find out which files fills you valuable space, I will list …
Mac OSX clean reserved/backup disk space
In some installations of OSX ie. Mavericks and Yosemite, when you delete files, the space changes to reserved disk space. What actually happens, the files get moved to a hidden folder on disk root called /.MobileBackups Before you can clean the .MobileBackup you need to have a password set on your user account. You …
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