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31st March 2017, 16:13 | #1 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| Silently Corrupting an Eclipse Workspace: The Ultimate Prank Next time your co-worker asks: "What's the best way to back up my Eclipse workspace on Windows?" you can tell them "Just right-click on it and select 'Send to Compressed (zipped) folder' and save the zip file". Unbeknownst to them, you just pulled the ultimate prank by telling them to make a corrupted backup! What your friend probably doesn't realize is that the Windows 'Send to Compressed (zipped) folder' utility has a mandatory optional feature to automatically not include certain folders in the archive without telling you. This is a great feature because it demonstrates the excellent sense of humour that the authors of Microsoft Windows have. This feature was no doubt included to allow you to play a variety of hilarious pranks on others by causing them lose data, only to find out about it years later when they want to open the archive and recover it. http://blog.robertelder.org/zipping-...pse-workspace/
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