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Organized data encoded in a pre-defined format and stored on a filesystem.

In the computational sense, one-dimensional array of bytes stored in a filesystem, typically encoded a pre-defined format, often indicated by a file-extension or "magic number". More "durable" than in-memory storage.

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Recover files on a Windows 7 host from a user who has been deleted from active directory?

Is there a way to recover data (Files, Programs, etc...) on a Windows 7 machine assigned to a specific Active directory user, that has since been deleted from Active Directory? For some reason the previous IT Manager deleted the user without…
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Why are some software packages so big?

Some packages that I install – which I assume contain nothing but code – are tens or even hundreds of MB. For example, I recently installed pytorch and the size of the binary was 428 MB. How can there possible be that much code?
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Deleting orphaned .msp and .dll files

I have two terminal servers that I need to clear room off of. I have 35.8gb of .dll's and 15.5gb of .msp's. I need to clear these en masse, as there are literally thousands of files that I would have to manually go through and check otherwise. Does…
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Which protocol to use for a barebones LAN file upload with mixed Unix and Windows clients

I have a set of about 20 embedded Unix clients who physically move from time to time. When they move into the range of a specific wireless AP, they will push a certain set of files to a Windows file server in the LAN. Every client will send a 250Mib…
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How To Optimize Huge Directory of Images

I took over the tech operations at a small company. However, the previous lead made the erroneous decision of storing 100's of GB's of images, even though our website only ever uses around 5GB of those images. Basically, there are no cleanup…
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Copy Files from one Linux server to another with Encryption

When copying files from one Linux server to another, the files should be encrypted. The logs should maintain the record of files and their uploader's IP address. The problem with ftp is they send passwords in plain text but the plus point is that…
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Mysql process overload cpu

We have this mysql process running and kicking the cpu up to 200%. Any idea how this could be fixed? /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql --log-error=/var/lib/mysql/xxxxxxxx.com.err --open-files-limit=48480…
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How can I get information about a file or folder on a Linux system?

I need to get detailed information of certain file or folder, such as chmod, changed date, which user. How can I do this?
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How can MediaFire afford unlimited storage space and bandwidth?

How can MediaFire (and other online storage websites) afford to offer unlimited storage space, as well as unlimited bandwidth?
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How to save to a "virtual local drive" and have the data streamed to a remote drive?

(This is for Windows computers.) So, the reason why I need this is not really important, but generally speaking... I have a program which takes a long time to generate a huge file (like 100's of GB). I don't have enough space to save that file…
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Clearing temp files on windows 2003

How do I clear all temp / unnecessary files safely on a windows server 2003 R2? Also - is it possible / does it make sense to defrag this server? It's hosting something critical, its running slow and becoming a risk.
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Upload File /Apache :: Failed to open stream: Permission denied on CentOS

uploading file to server is always giving me this error though I tried all solution on the web for this problem but I'm still getting this error no matter what : Warning: move_uploaded_file(/home/safaa/uploads/d.txt): failed to open stream:…
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How to sync windows server folders with a AIX server using script?

Everyday I would like to sync the files and folders in the windows server with AIX server and vice versa. Does anyone suggest me, How I can write a shell or bat script to achieve this?
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Rename and replace parts with different filenames

I know there are different questions about this topic but I have found nothing that fits my question: I want to replace a part of a name in a folder but there are different files with different names. Only a part of them should be replaced: This…
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Unable to upload file on FTp

My server is CentOS-6.2-64bit. I have made following changes in php.ini file: memory_limit = 7G post_max_size = 6G upload_max_filesize = 5G But unable to upload 5GB file on server. Guide me to what changes are required to make this happen?
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