Comments on: Unison File Synchronizer http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/08/10/unison-file-synchronizer/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:03:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Unison User http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/08/10/unison-file-synchronizer/#comment-80087 Unison User Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 853657761#comment-80087 Have you tried the -force switch? It does exactly what you're looking for: it resolves all conflicts in the favour of the named root. Have you tried the -force switch? It does exactly what you’re looking for: it resolves all conflicts in the favour of the named root.

]]> By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/08/10/unison-file-synchronizer/#comment-80088 D'Arcy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 853657761#comment-80088 Sweet! That's perfect! I also have a "quick" profile for my Safari bookmarks etc... and will try using FileMerge (a gui to diff) to merge the two sets of bookmarks rather than just clobbering one copy with the other. <code>-force</code> will totally come in handy for doing an occasional clone of one of my systems. Thanks for the tip! Sweet! That’s perfect! I also have a “quick” profile for my Safari bookmarks etc… and will try using FileMerge (a gui to diff) to merge the two sets of bookmarks rather than just clobbering one copy with the other.

-force will totally come in handy for doing an occasional clone of one of my systems. Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: MH http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/08/10/unison-file-synchronizer/#comment-80089 MH Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 853657761#comment-80089 If you want to do a clone from one system to another, the best tool to use is rsync, it is typically more efficient than unison i.e. rsync -e ssh -av host:source_path host:dest_path It can also be useful to do this before invoking unison for the first time so that unison doesn't have to do much work making sure both directories are copies of each other. If you want to do a clone from one system to another, the best tool to use is rsync, it is typically more efficient than unison
i.e.
rsync -e ssh -av host:source_path host:dest_path

It can also be useful to do this before invoking unison for the first time so that unison doesn’t have to do much work making sure both directories are copies of each other.

]]> By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/08/10/unison-file-synchronizer/#comment-80090 D'Arcy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 853657761#comment-80090 Thanks for the tip! I've caught myself getting sloppy with backups simply because they take so darned long... If rsync makes that easier/faster/more efficient, I might be more likely to run the backup more often... Thanks for the tip! I’ve caught myself getting sloppy with backups simply because they take so darned long… If rsync makes that easier/faster/more efficient, I might be more likely to run the backup more often…

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