amy, 5 months ago

@lauren hey, it could always be ffmpeg's cli syntax.

kentborg, 5 months ago

@lauren And tar maybe is worse.

lauren, 5 months ago

@kentborg Tar has always been easy. Never a problem.

kentborg, 5 months ago

@lauren So you never got the joke in https://xkcd.com/1168/ either.

lauren, 5 months ago

@kentborg That's not even a joke. Just clueless.

stsquad, 5 months ago

@lauren for this reason I have embedded all my use of #rsync into #emacs #dired mode so I don't have to thing about it.

slackline, 5 months ago

@stsquad @lauren ooh, this sounds interesting, I have a single alias setup to rsync one specific directory to my Virtual Private Server but would be interested in more general solutions.

Just had a look at what is available (can't think why I've not looked before!) and there are dired-rsync and dired-rsync-transient packages, are these what you are using or something else?

stsquad, 5 months ago

@slackline @lauren dried-sync-transient sits on top of dired-rsync for those who prefer a #magit like interface to the underlying #rsync command (allowing you to tweak a few vars). However I'm fine with just using plain dired-rsync - full disclosure I'm the original author so unsurprisingly it suites my workflow ;-)

lauren, 5 months ago

@stsquad @slackline More complexity is not what I'm looking for, but thanks.

rdm, 5 months ago

@lauren

I see your rsync and raise you cpio.

'tar' is positively pedestrian by comparison.

I agree with @amy , though. 'ffmpeg' gives them both a run for their money.

lauren, 5 months ago

@rdm @amy Generally speaking, messing up with ffmpeg isn't likely to do as much damage as messing up with rsync can do, not even close.

tallawk, 5 months ago

@lauren not to go on a tangent, but have you met git?

lauren, 5 months ago

@tallawk Unfortunately.