I’m using Cygwin to run periodic backups, for example I do: cp -a "$(cygpath C:UsersSDocuments)" "$BU_FOLDER" But I’ve noticed the commands that create folders or files such as cp or mkdir, create special permissions on the Properties -> Security tab (on Windows explorer) as to create a POSIX-compatible environment on […]
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In bash I’m trying to display rounded (no decimals) download and upload speed in readable format i.e something like that: Download 16KB Upload 200KB I got this but its not quite working: ifstat 1 1 | tail -n 1 | awk ' {printf "Down=%.0fn", $1 } printf {"KB"} {printf " […]
Motivation I’m trying to use a VPN tunnel to convince my company’s servers that I am in country A, even though I’m in country B. Last time I was in country B, this was not working, and I was unable to access outlook, teams, etc. Bad times. Now I’m back […]
I’ve just switched my Blu-ray drive to one that can handle UHD discs, yet when I try to play one in PowerDVD I get an error saying that the disc can’t be played on the computer and to check that the GPU meets the system requirements. The graphics card is […]
For reasons, I want to limit filename characters to the set [A-Za-z0-9_-.] (upper & lowercase alphabet, numerals 0 to 9, underscore, hyphen, and period). No spaces, exclamatiuon points, @ signs, etc. I know Windows prevents / : * ? ” < > | I was hoping this info was stored […]
Requirements I’m looking for a way to create folders with this behavior: All content of folder A automatically appears within folder B Changes in folder A (creating, modifying, deleting) are immediately reflected in folder B. folder B can retain its own unique content unaffected by this system Attempted Solutions OverlayFS […]
I’m attempting to generate a downloadable HDR10 with 5.1 surround deliverable to put on a website of a concert I worked on. Ideally with maximum compatibility with things like QuickTime & Plex. I have a source 2160p29.97 10-bit PQ HDR DNxHR video file, and a source Dolby AC-3 5.1 audio […]
So the CPU fan is becoming quite loud, depending on the temperature. Measured temperature while in BIOS is 61C. Is this something that is known for Minis? More importantly, can I use it like this or I need to take some action (open and clean, apply new thermal paste, maybe […]
I was recently remuxing some multilingual MP4s and I noticed that in the original audio track, most media players will recognize an audio stream as having some kind of “default” flag, they don’t always respect it, and tend to just play the highest ID # in the file (regardless of […]