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GM! Last night I started copying a bunch of huge folders (with lots of funny characters in file names) across a WAN tunnel. The tunnel broke down overnight, so the copy was interrupted in mid-flight.

Windows: clean up destination, restart from scratch

Linux: Might have a chance if you're REALLY REALLY good at shell, especially at quoting (spaces and special characters in file names are hell on steroids), but it'll take a long time to get it right-

macOS: "Wanna continue right now, or prefer later?"

I LOVE this system.
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ediTwentyOne 8mo ago

That but it’s not perfect.

Rsync by terminal is.

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VOLKER - Voice Of Logic Knowledge Experience & Responsibility 8mo ago

Rsync isn't always a good solution. It requires setup on both ends, which is a lot of overhead for a one-off situation, it can't copy to some random share, etc. But of course you can use rsync on macOS as well, for cases where rsync makes sense.

I prefer drag-to-copy, knowing it'll Just Work™