Dessalines@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 6 days agormlint: Extremely fast tool to remove duplicates and other lint from your filesystemgithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down12
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minus-squaretrevor (he/they)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·6 days agoThis is the first time I’ve heard “lint” used this way, but I like it. I’ve heard Linus refer to various waste left behind on your system as “turds” 💀 Anyway, this looks like a cool tool. Gonna check this out.
minus-squareTimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 days agoI have heard “lint” or “delint”/“delinting” in terms of checking scripts for syntax errors and such, I have never heard it used in terms of deduping a filesystem, since that already has a term for it.
minus-squareteawrecks@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoI’m not a fan of having two definitions for “lint” in the tech world. Unnecessary ambiguity.
This is the first time I’ve heard “lint” used this way, but I like it. I’ve heard Linus refer to various waste left behind on your system as “turds” 💀
Anyway, this looks like a cool tool. Gonna check this out.
Most people call it “cruft”.
I have heard “lint” or “delint”/“delinting” in terms of checking scripts for syntax errors and such, I have never heard it used in terms of deduping a filesystem, since that already has a term for it.
I’m not a fan of having two definitions for “lint” in the tech world. Unnecessary ambiguity.