Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:50:09 +0800
From: Cameron Patrick <cameron@patrick.wattle.id.au>
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Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] rsync, windows <-> GNU/Linux
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Zenaan Harkness wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 16:22, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> > If you're using rsync in a bi-directional way like that, you should
> > really consider using unison instead.  It runs natively under Windows
> > and Unixy systems, and is specifically designed for this kind of
> > synchronisation task.  The scripts that you posted won't handle file
> > deletions or renames, for instance (deleted files must be deleted by
> > hand on both replicas).
>=20
> OK - deletes have been a annoying for us.
>=20
> How does unison know what should be deleted?

RTFM: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/download/stable/latest/unis=
on-manual.html#recon

     "On each host, it compares its archive file (which records the
     state of each path in the replica when it was last synchronized)
     with the current contents of the replica, to determine which
     paths have been updated."

Cameron.


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