Daniel Perelman
The problem# Last week, I shared a script which continuously backed up game saves whenever the game saved. The result is a series of directories that contain snapshots of the game saves from every autosave. But to view this data, we really want a list of unique files in order marked with the time...
Daniel Perelman
Introduction# Factorio is a sandbox automation and logistics game notable for, among other things, very good support for mods. The developers often go out of their way to support features and fix bugs that only affect mods. I've only just started to dip my toes in the world of Factorio modding, so...
Daniel Perelman
The problem# I will often make copies of important files onto multiple devices, and then later make backups of all of those devices onto the same drive. At which point, I now have multiple redundant copies of those files within my backup. Tools like rdfind, fdupes, and jdupes exist to deal with...