Sigh.. or just use sftp using LFTP.
This was of particular interest for my compiled website project.
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How to rescue content from a MediaWiki wiki.
The goal was to rescue all of the content from an old MediaWiki wiki a format which could be re-hosted with another content management systems.
This was a failed project; it was impossible to automate so I ended up pursuing this by hand.
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My rough notes are found in MediaWiki reinstallation notes. This page is a straight line to success for me. If things don’t work out for you, it’s possible that I explored some other paths which might work for you.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://mplayerhq.hu/
Pretty much the de-facto video player on Linux, as it comes with most Linux distributions. It can play both audio and video, and works at the commandline.
Although it’s great, it’s a last resort compared to other audio playing software.
Although it can play without one, the common frontends are:
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This is just a tags placeholder for this concept.
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diffis the commandline thing; important for patch.- Use the
-uswitch. (advised by Working on Free Software)
- Use the
https://rdiff-backup.net/ [ 1 ] was http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/
Combines rsync with diff storage, so one can retrieve a backup from any point in time.
My initial impression was “Works wonderfully well.. very easy to use, very nice. Would be nice to have a GUI tool for recovery purposes though, but oh well.” .. but my 2009-04-01 glance was a flop.
Footnotes
TODO – add my notes, and scripts
(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes
A program for identifying (and optionally deleting) duplicate files residing within specified directories.
An essential part of my toolkit, giving me detailed information on the tangled mess that are my archives.
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/grip/ [ 1 ] was http://nostatic.org/grip/
A cd-player and cd-ripper.
Footnotes
You can use an audio loopback to record anything which your computer plays, but the audio quality is so bad.
