This is a niche one but it might help someone in the future:
How to include multiple directories from different places in the file system hierarchy in an archive without including the whole directory structure for any of them.
As the saying goes, "Real BOFH use tar and rsync!"
The blog article is an excellent treatment of using tar along with SSH to effect a reliable backup plan and schedule.
Another couple of great fav GoTo solutions of mine have always been Duplicity and Duply for those not comfortable rolling their own scripts w/SSH, tar, and/or rsync :batman:
Thank you very much for sharing this @nixCraft !!!
Canadian banks are leaders in funding fossil fuel expansion, report.
"global analysis on fossil fuel banking. Endorsed by 624 organizations from 75 countries, it reveals the truth of banks’ commitments to the climate by examining their financing of the #fossil fuel industry.
For the first time since 2019, a Canadian bank is the #1 annual financier of fossil fuels rather than US bank JP Morgan Chase. Royal Bank of #Canada (#RBC) showered fossil fuel projects with $41 billion dollars in 2022, including $4.8 billion for #tar sands and $7.4 billion into fracking. Canadian banks are becoming the banks of last resort for fossil fuels, providing $862 billion to fossil fuel companies since the Paris Agreement."
#TheFabelmans, #AnatomieDUneChute, #Tár, #Barbie et tant d’autres œuvres ayant marqué 2023 font partie de mes films préférés de l’année, mais n’y figureront pas non plus.
Ich suche eine App, welche meine Ergüsse Parallel auf Twitter, Mastodon, Post, Bluesky und Threads postet und die Antworten sortiert. Und dann bitte einen Messanger für WA, Signal, Telegram, iMessage, Threema, ...
Another cracker this week as
I make Simon ponder the viscosity of tar, and Simon debates the utility of butter, in an episode that ends up being weirdly focused on dense liquids