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SSAB - September 10, 2026
Up and at it 6 am… or thereabouts. Gotta get back into the swing of things.
Happy sun spin to me and out for dinner with Mumsy!
Sorting files and hoping I’ve got the shots I needed… won’t get any of this done until next week.
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Check for differences:diff -rq /path/to/computer/folder /path/to/external/drive/folder
(Returns a blank line if folders are 100% identical.)
Dry run (Simulate copying missing files):rsync -avn --ignore-existing /path/to/computer/folder/ /path/to/external/drive/folder/
Actual transfer (Copy missing files only):rsync -av --ignore-existing /path/to/computer/folder/…
The skinny
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