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Linux Filesystem which tracks changes?
gitfs should fit your needs:
tracks changes: Yes, in a git repo
mostly small files: Perfect. Huge files might be problematic, though.
Non-root users should not be able to modify the history/versions ...
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Transparent file compression apps for macOS
afsctool
There is a afsctool tool which allow to compress the folders in HFS+ file system.
AFSC (Apple File System Compression) tool is an utility that can be used to apply HFS+ compression to ...
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File system or tool with bidirectional remote syncing of a folder
Bidirectional syncing is the exact goal of Unison, see https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ :
Unison is a file-synchronization tool for OSX, Unix, and Windows. It allows two replicas of a ...
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Distributed filesystem with bit rot protection, erasure coding, scalability, fuse
Based on what you've said, I think you're probably right that Ceph is your best option, provided that you can give it enough processing power. However, BTRFS is probably not your best option for a ...
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Mount cloud storages (Dropbox/Gdrive) as virtual disk or virtual folder inside Windows file system (free alternative to Mountain Duck)
https://www.raidrive.com/
I am using it for WebDAV, but it also supports common clouds storages.
Currently its free.
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Which OSes adhere to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS)?
Compliant
Name
Version
Kernel
Arch Linux
>= 2024.07.01
Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise
>= 15.4
Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
>= 9
Linux
Fedora
>= 40
Linux
Ubuntu
>= 24.04
...
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Mount cloud storages (Dropbox/Gdrive) as virtual disk or virtual folder inside Windows file system (free alternative to Mountain Duck)
Rclone.Org is all you need. You should mount cloud drives manually.
Around 100 cloud storage providers supported.
Free and open source.
Well maintained with commits every few days: https://github.com/...
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Is there any software to auto-generate diagram for the whole source code repository/folder
I'm looking for an inexpensive dependency graph generator as well, but for C++. In my searching I did find a reference to something that might help you if you haven't already found a solution.
https:...
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The most efficient way to backup changes for directory with lots of small files
You may try to use the new version of Syncback pro (V9)
https://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/sbpro.html which has it seems a new "Delta-Copy" feature :
"Probably the most requested feature has now ...
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Software recommendations to monitor Android File System
Note: All the tools referred in this answer are already/easily available on Android.
You didn't mention which filesystem you want to monitor and whether you have access to that filesystem without ...
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Distributed filesystem with bit rot protection, erasure coding, scalability, fuse
I think you might want to reconsider your needs and priorities, because they are inconsistent. (Cheap, highly reliable, scalable - pick 2 at most) The most incongruous is talking about a Raspberry ...
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What is the best software for low level recovery ext3/ext4 that you may recommend after mistakenly GPT initiation?
I was able to get my data back using UFS Explorer
Scan for partitions (~18h/2TB)
Get file list (~1h/2TB)
Restore process (~24h/2TB)
P.S.: In most cases Standard version will be more than enough.
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What is the best software for low level recovery ext3/ext4 that you may recommend after mistakenly GPT initiation?
TestDisk (Windows/Mac/Linux) is a free open source partition scanner and data recovery tool. It is very useful in recovering lost partitions. TestDisk can:
Fix partition table, recover deleted ...
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Raw partitioning software for Windows 10
If I can't deal with partitions using built-in tools to the running OS ('cause you can't mess with mounted/in-use partitions, etc) I boot with a Linux Mint LiveDVD and run parted (command line) or ...
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Filesystem for 1 million+ files
To answer the question "Are there any providers that have much higher limits?":
You are using a Virtual Private Server. The entire system is in your hands, only the hardware is in your provider hands....
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file creation that works like mkdir -p
The best way is check first if directory exist and if not create. After this write file
if(!Directory.Exists(path))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
}
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