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Fim is interesting, but I think most people (including myself here) don't worry about this because we rely on snapshots of backups. If a file was updated incorr
by ahnick 6y ago
Fim is interesting, but I think most people (including myself here) don't worry about this because we rely on snapshots of backups. If a file was updated incorrectly then you just go back to the last known snapshot that worked.
Of course this is only as good as the interval you use for your snapshots. Fim seems like it would be a lot of extra work to do for every file/folder, but I could potentially see using Fim though for important files (e.g. tax records?, password vault?)
- vczf 6y agoFim works best for the types of files that don't change frequently, or shouldn't change at all. I use it for photos, digital art files, videos, music, books, records/receipts, etc. When I started, I put everything into fim, but there was too much noise to be useful. Files that change frequently (password database) or won't totally bork out if there's a bit flip (text notes and org files) don't really need their integrity managed manually.