Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr

9/26/2025, 12:22:27 PM

Public

Hey #rsync experts! I have a dilemma. I do a daily backup to an external disk, but some of the files (VM containers) are HUGE (100GB), and because they are zero-padded, their size is always the same. By the time the rsync for these files finishes, they have wildly different mod dates from the originals on my HDD. I can set --modify-wiindow to $BIGNUM, but then all the regular files *don't* back up.

Maybe the answer is to touch all the big files (originals and backup) at the end of the rsync?

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