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Copying files: does Windows write to disk if files are identical?

I have a directory with a lot of books in PDF format (around 2GB in size). While reading I often leave notes and annotations in the files. Occasionally I make a backup on an external hard drive. Since I do not remember which files have been…
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Why do I lose clipboard data after copying a file?

Wondering why I lose clipboard data when copying a file. After selecting a string of text and copying it to the clipboard this copied text data is somehow lost if I select a file and copy it in Windows Explorer before pasting the text somewhere. For…
Kalamalka Kid
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Can original file get corrupted during copying?

I was copying music from my computer to a phone using usb-c cable, and because of stupid reasons, the copying process failed. (In short, turns out a new phone requires some dancing around bonfire for the file transfer to work). First 4 songs copied…
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How can one recursively copy files using docker cp?

Does docker truly only support one file-at-a-time copying to/from the host? The only options displayed for docker cp are: $docker cp --help Usage: docker cp [OPTIONS] CONTAINER:SRC_PATH DEST_PATH|- docker cp [OPTIONS] SRC_PATH|-…
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How to stop Windows from changing date modified when copying files from network?

Since the release of KB5039212 on June 11, 2024 the modification date of files changes when copied from a network for example from a network attached storage (NAS) with Windows File Explorer. This problem was reported for example by Lui Lui the 3rd…
Frank Breitling
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Why can't I copy from nano to clipboard?

Why does nano not support simple Ctrl + C into clipboard? I'm using it with gnome-terminator on Linux Mint and just want to copy a few lines from my .bashrc into a text editor. When I mark a text passage, right-clicking on it doesn't work, I need to…
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PC to phone file transfer speed

I have a OnePlus 10 Pro device with USB Type C 3.1 (according to gsmarena). I am trying to transfer huge files from it to my pc using the USB cable, but the speed is only 45MB/s which is the max speed of USB 2.0 as I know (My pc also has USB 3 and…
Tharwat Mella
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How to copy text from the chat window in the Zoom meetings desktop client?

Until recently, it was trivial to copy text in the chat window in Zoom meetings within the Zoom desktop application: you simply selected the desired text and used the standard keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+C in Windows) to copy the text. Suddenly, this…
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Why website copy tools like Cyotek WebCopy and HTTrack cannot find files that search engines like Google can?

I would like to keep the target website private, but here are some details: It's a personal (as in single-author) public documentation / portfolio / blog sort of website It seems to be hosted using Apache The contents are static as far as I can…
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Copying files of Windows partition using rsync gives readlink_stat(...) Input/output error (5)

I want to copy all files of a Windows 10 system partition (NTFS) to another partition (NTFS). I am using rsync under Ubuntu like this: sudo rsync -axHAWXS --numeric-ids /media/windows /mnt/windows-backup The problem is that several thousand files…
Willi Mentzel
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Using tmux copy mode just like vim

I'm trying make use of the copy mode of tmux to copy some part of text in one of my panes but I cannot really manage with it, spacebar is not working to select the text and I'm getting a bit lost. Does somebody know how to set tmux to behave…
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'copy' always leaves a blank line at the end of a file. Why?

When I use the DOS Copy command to copy multiple files into one file the result always has an extra blank line (cursor return line feed) at the end. How do I avoid creating this blank line?
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GUI file copy stalls to HDD Enclosure. ROBOCOPY fine

I have this 2.5” SATA HDD/SSD USB 3 enclosure. It’s just purchased in Mar-24. https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B0BG62HMDJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I tested it on my Toshiba 1 TB SATA 2.5” HDD. I have a strange observation.…
rajeev
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How to copy recursively but ignore gitignored files?

I have a folder containing a bunch of git repositories. I would like to create a back up of this folder, but the problem is that if I just copy everything (recursively e.g. using cp -r ) the resultant folder is huge. This is because each…
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Copy iPhone photos retaining the creation time with windows

I would like to copy from explorer on Windows photos from an iPhone while retaining the creation time and date. Which is the easiest way? I have to set it up for unexperienced users (robocopy on the command line is not really an option).
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