• averyminya@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I make 1 to 3 “monthly” backup folders, where everything I’ve downloaded that hasn’t been moved to a home goes into 2024 August Downloads

    I think I have back to 2021.

    Still use them fairly often, lol.

    • Riskable@programming.devOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Ooh this is a good idea! Because when you extract a file you just downloaded the original creation/modification dates are preserved. So when you extract some tarball the directory my be from several years ago so you can’t rely on file modification times to see when you downloaded any given thing.

      I think I’m going to start doing the date directory thing! I’ll start by writing a bash script that runs in a systemd timer that automatically creates a directory whenever the month changes 👍

      • averyminya@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        I also like doing it this way because then I’m my own archive of old software installers. So if a new version comes out busted, run the old installer! Doesn’t always help if it’s internet connected, but it’s nice to have something.

        And I think even my vast amount of history is maybe only 100GB on my backup HDD, if it’s larger it’s from occasional random large files lol.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      One day, if I have actual money, I’ll buy from the artists. For now, I’m a not-technically-a-pirate-because-no-distribution.

  • Chris@feddit.ukEnglish
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    1 year ago

    On my phone, it’s this which is datestamped 17 February 2012. I think I copied it there off the NAS, and the image is older than that.

    • otp@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Is it the same computer? Or just the same directories? Or do you just use your Downloads folder like a normal directory for storing stuff?

      • deranger@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        That was many, many PCs ago. I kept rolling my HDDs or data over depending on what was upgraded, now my downloads are living on my NAS. One day for shits and giggles I wanted to see what the oldest file I had was, and sure enough I still had a Napster download.

        • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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          1 year ago

          It interests me that you did it in such a way that the download folder stayed the same. I have something more like this going. (Honestly it’s even worse because my top layer is like a physical drawer somewhere)

          • deranger@sh.itjust.works
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            1 year ago

            I took a little liberty with what “downloads folder” meant. It’s not in my root downloads folder, it’s sorted out into a music folder. It was a download though.

            I’m just pretty impressed I managed to keep my music library going continuously for 24 years. 20 of those years are just single HDD no redundancy storage, just hopping HDD to HDD.

  • texasspacejoey@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Im currently seeding a torrent ive had since December. But thats just this pc. Ive got way older stuff on my external.