@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI've been messing with wget and HTTrack for archiving web sites... An artist friend of mine passed away last year and I have this fear his web site might disappear some day, and I want a copy of it.
The images are not hosted on his domain though, they are on a SquareSpace domain, but I think I've got HTTrack working to grab them all.
Still need to figure out the exact formula, so it'll take a bit of testing.
@newsie@darktundra.xyzPodcast: A Massive Archiving Effort at National Parks (with Jenny McBurney and Lynda Kellam) https://www.404media.co/podcast-a-massive-archiving-effort-at-national-parks-with-jenny-mcburney-and-lynda-kellam/
@ruari@velocipederider.comSometimes it is handy to use archives formats that do not confuse our windows friends. Or perhaps you want a quick listing, or to update files without reading and writing the entire thing (i.e. non-solid archives).
Zip or 7z can be handy. The problem is that with their Windows hertitage they do not (reliably) retain certain UNIX-y 'things'. Be that permissions or symlinks.
Here is an example symlink workaround. Permissions left as an exercise for the reader:
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner of the archiving site as part of a criminal investigation (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/fbi-tries-to-unmask-owner-of-infamous-archive-is-site…
@ruari@velocipederider.comI made a small thing. Just a little automated masto account @… to track updates to 7-Zip and RAR (WinRAR).
Why!? 🤔 These types of archiving tools are very handy but have been known to have security issues (both had exploits last year). Plus they don't always provide automatic update mechanisms on most platforms. 😉
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