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ahal ,

An old manager of mine's backup solution was a cronjob that appended .old to every file then made a copy of the most recent one. So he had:
file, file.old, file.old.old, file.old.old.old, ...

0x4E4F OP ,
@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar

lol 🤣🤣🤣

_______ ,

Evolution:

  • config.json
  • config.json.bak
  • config.json.bak.old
  • config.json.bak.old2
  • config.json.bak.old3.stillworks
  • config.json.bak.old3.stillworks.DONTUSETHIS
  • config.json_(redownloaded_from_source)
user224 ,
@user224@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

config.conf
config.conf.backup
config.conf.testing
config.conf.old
config.conf.default
config.conf.example

JasonDJ ,

Sigh...

git revert HEAD
echo \*.json.\* >> .gitignore
git commit
Deway ,
  • config.json.almost
  • config.json.broken
  • config.json.shouldwork
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In ,

Gmail says sending myfile.zip is not allowed.

Change it to myfile.zip.txt and everything is fine.

user224 ,
@user224@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

It may be due to their processing.
Better base64 -w 0 myfile.zip > myfile.zip.txt

If it works though ¯⁠\⁠⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠⁠/⁠¯

abadbronc ,

Fuck it. What's the worst that could happen?

Oh.

vynlwombat ,

Did this with PAM the other day and nearly locked myself out.

whotookkarl , (edited )
@whotookkarl@lemmy.world avatar

I like adding a backup function to .profile that can take a file or list of files as an argument and make a copy with a date suffix on the file name, and same date additional backups just add a character like ~ at the end. It's in version control, but if I'm testing a change it's just faster to restore the file from a copy in the same place.

lseif ,

i so agree. i have a script that copies all file arguments into the directory .backups/YYYY-mm-DD-HHMM/ ... handy for risky git operations too.

palordrolap ,

Obligatory note that /etc/profile and ~/.profile are only run by login shells, and many terminal emulators do not execute a login shell by default.

Unfortunately, there is no standard secondary place* that all shells execute, so check your chosen shell's manual for what it does run on startup and put your functions into one of those. Preferably one that goes in your homedir.

Alternatively have that file source ~/.profile assuming that won't cause an infinite loop.

  • And not even a primary if you count *csh, but if you use those you have other problems.
marcos ,

*~

But you should really have a backup system. And often you should have a version control system too.

darkpanda ,

Use etc-keeper, saves everything in a git repo and integrates with a bunch of package managers. Been using it for decades it feels like now.

Sam_Bass ,

Bet the world would be a happier place if we had cartoon physics

0x4E4F OP ,
@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar

Lower gravity by 20x, bam, instant cartoon physics.

possiblylinux127 ,
@possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip avatar

Acceleration would be 0.50 m/s^2

nobleshift ,
@nobleshift@lemmy.world avatar

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    user1234 ,

    That sounds like a virus.

    bobs_monkey ,

    /usr/share/bin/notporn/seriously/definitelynotporn

    user1234 ,

    FTFY: definitelynotpr0n

    Don't want it to be easily searchable.

    possiblylinux127 ,
    @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip avatar

    chmod 600

    PoolloverNathan ,

    chmod 000 and put the rest of the linux in a user namespace so not even root can see inside.

    Crow ,

    .bak is good, ranger even hides files with it

    Tier1BuildABear ,
    @Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world avatar

    This is what I've always used as well

    LaggyKar ,
    @LaggyKar@programming.dev avatar

    Speaking of which, nowadays KDE hides files with these extensions for some reason

    0x4E4F OP ,
    @0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar

    It's just a playful thing dolphins do 😊.

    Johanno ,

    Rename to .old

    Bam file is gone.

    ??? Confused look.

    The heck?

    Ctrl + h

    Oh there it is!

    meekah ,
    @meekah@lemmy.world avatar

    I never really have hidden files off, so I wasn't even aware dolphin does this lol

    jws_shadotak ,

    I absolutely despise the idea of "hidden" files. I don't understand the purpose of not showing them.

    PoolloverNathan ,

    It's useful to hide clutter. It's easier to look at the file you care about when the file~, file.old, .file.swp, #file#, file,v, etc. aren't in the way.

    Mouselemming ,

    I'm seeing this on oldsh.itjust.works, feels extra meta

    https://oldsh.itjust.works/post/19853381

    Phoenix3875 ,

    Use NixOS

    PoolloverNathan ,

    People here really hate our distro for some reason. Isn't it just Arch with extra steps (and all the configs in one file)? Everyone likes Arch! The definition of Arch is extra steps!

    Chocrates ,

    Is there a tool to version your configs? I use chezmoi for my dotfiles but that doesn't help system configs

    Nomad ,

    Etckeeper

    LordOfLocksley ,

    .bkp_YYYYMMDD for me

    0x4E4F OP ,
    @0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar

    Ah, yes, I also add dates sometimes, very helpful 👍.

    And then wonder "wtf did I change them 🤔".

    Config files need git nowadays.

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