There are many ways to move files between Unix and Windows. In my mind, they fall into three categories — secure copy (let’s not even think about ftp), shared drives, and file synchronization ...

Unix systems provide numerous ways to compare files. The most common way to verify that you have received or downloaded the proper file is to compute a checksum and compare it against one computed ...

I’ve followed your guide to building a home server with FreeNAS, but I’m not sure what to do with the permissions on my files. Can I just set them all to 777, or is that insecure? This stuff ...

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Viewing the content of files and examining access permissions and such are very different options. This post examines a number of ways to look at files on Linux.

Working with very large files is not much different than working with smaller files as long as you have enough disk space, enough time and some insights into the files’ format.

My digital organization nirvana is somewhere between filing and piling; for a simple, six-folder structure for organizing your documents directory, check out how to organize "My Documents." ...

Need to move files between Unix and Windows? No problem. There are several different ways of doing just that. One will surely meet your need.