Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 21st Oct 2007 10:57 UTC, submitted by Inkslinger77
"Buried deep within Windows' bosom is a carbon-crusted fossil from the ancient days of computing. This aged wart on Windows' soul harkens back to a more primitive time, when computers lacked the oomph to go graphical and mice were nothing but rodents. I speak of the command prompt, whose roots lie in DOS, that antique operating system of the 1980s. DOS is gone now. Yet despite Windows' glorious graphical goodness, a wispy memory of text-based computer life still exists. It's a program called CMD.EXE, and it appears in Windows as the command prompt window. Believe it or not, the command prompt to this day still serves as a useful alternative way to control your computer. Indeed, there are some things you can do in the command prompt window that in Windows' graphical interface are tedious, slow or darn near impossible. Come with me as we discover how an old warhorse like DOS can once again find purpose."
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Member since:2005-07-24
After years of ignoring rsync, because I don't run any mirrors and prefered archive formats like tar.lzo for backups, I have "discovered" rsync. It is truly amazing. I always assumed that it only operated at the file level. In reality, the amazing rsync algorithm can operate upon files down to the 1k block level, quickly and efficiently syncing corresponding files which differ, with transparent compression, and with minimal use of bandwidth and processor. Once in a while I come across something that I have *known about* for years, which absolutely stuns me when I look closer and discover its true capabilities.
Member since:2006-01-02
. It's just a program after all.
Member since:2006-03-23
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2006-03-23
come now
just because we have things a little more luxurious than them doesent mean we should announce it to them 