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This StackOverflow question from Aaron about using rsync to download and copy lots of files is like a piece of history frozen in time. https://stackoverflow.co
by codeulike 9y ago
This StackOverflow question from Aaron about using rsync to download and copy lots of files is like a piece of history frozen in time.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48491/keep-rsync-from-removing-unfinished-source-files https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48491/keep-rsync-from-re...
- woliveirajr 9y agoAnd this got my attention: > Last seen Jan 4 '13 at 19:23
- hanselot 9y agoKind of close to tears, knowing the sacrifice this man made in the name of open access and freedom. May his name never be unwritten from history.
- DC-3 9y agoWonder what his solution was. I'd be tempted to rebuild rsync with some download completion checks patched in.
- lixtra 9y agoSay your downloader times out after 3 min. 1. Use find to compile a list of files that have not changed: find /path/to -type f -mmin +3 > mylist.txt 2. Tell rsync only to sync files on the list: rsync -a --files-from=mylist.txt /path/to remote:/backup 3. Homework: make sure it does not barf on strange filename.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- rjmunro 9y agoYou should post that answer on the question - it may be useful to someone else some time.
- zaf 9y agoThe names of his machines "speed" and "mass". Very cute.
- meagar 9y agoPlease remember that Stack Overflow does not welcome any kind of meta commentary about a question's author in that question's comments or answers.
- n0us 9y agoStack Overflow does not welcome much of anything these days
- klausjensen 9y ago[marked as duplicate]
- meagar 9y agoJust good quality content, like always...
- Bromskloss 9y agoYep, in threads closed and marked "off topic".
- majewsky 9y ago[thread closed as primarily opinion-based]
- hnilsen 9y agoIs it not time for an annual "Upvote Aaron day"?
- klez 9y agoNope, if only because you can upvote a question only once and he only had five questions asked.
- hnilsen 9y agoIt'll serve as a reminder, and if it gets traction it might be the most upvoted question on StackOverflow. I think that is a very fitting celebration of Aaron. Once every year, it'll reach a few more people.
- traverseda 9y agoI still use his `html2text` python library on occasion.
- switch007 9y agoAnd of course someone added a revision just now, for some minor style tweaks.
- Vinnl 9y agoAnd the required context, for those coming across this: Aaron was under investigation for downloading an archive of academic articles from within MIT (because they'd otherwise cost a lot), presumably to make them available outside free of large, much like Sci-Hub does nowadays. He committed suicide during the investigation, and it's supposedly not unlikely to be related to the pressure the investigation and trumped-up charges brought him. And then there's those that surmise he was murdered, of course. See also this documentary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet%27s_Own_Boy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet%27s_Own_Boy
- jjtheblunt 9y agoYour first sentence can be summarized "caught during theft"; the second sentence "had ultimate final tantrum that he got caught". It all is sad, in many ways, from so many perspectives.
- thissiteblows 9y agoTo the contrary, your perspective is wrong and dumb.
- acct1771 9y agoTheft removes ownership. From all reasonable perspectives, he only committed copyright infringement. Also, I hope you get Lou Gehrig's disease. Sorry in advance, d.
- Vinnl 9y agoWell, he hadn't shared it yet, so technically he was allowed to download those papers. (And even if he did, it'd have been piracy, but that's an age-old discussion that I'm not going to hold again.)
- SilasX 9y agoKnowing that context (besides the suicide) makes the question so hilarious to read!
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- xyproto 9y agoThe feature request to protect questions like his has been promptly downvoted on StackOverflow Meta: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/361809/questions-from-dead-users-should-not-editable https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/361809/questions-fr...