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Unison File Synchronizer (view source)
Revision as of 11:09, 24 September 2012
, 11:09, 24 September 2012updated for dealing with .DS_Store files and resolving conflicts by hand
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+Results of the synch will be silent, but will be stored in the "unison.log" file.+
Unison [http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/download/releases/stable/unison-manual.html Manual].
Unison [http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/download/releases/stable/unison-manual.html Manual].
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+Unison [https://alliance.seas.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/wiki/index.php?n=Main.UnisonFAQOSSpecific#osx Mac OS X FAQs].
==Set Up==
==Set Up==
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-times
-times
synchronize the modification times?
synchronize the modification times?
+-ignore 'Name .DS_Store"
+Unison will ignore all files with the name .DS_Store (On Mac OS X, .DS_Store files encode only trivial appearance stuff like icon position, but .DS_Store files are changed everytime a folder is opened so frequently generate irrelevant conflicts.)
==AppleScript==
==AppleScript==
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To avoid opening the terminal window, create the following AppleScript and save as an application.
To avoid opening the terminal window, create the following AppleScript and save as an application.
− do shell script "unison /User/houpt/uniDisk ssh://houptlab.org/uniDisk -ui text -batch -times"
+ do shell script "unison /User/houpt/uniDisk ssh://houptlab.org/uniDisk -ui text -batch -times -ignore 'Name .DS_Store' "
+Results of the synch will be silent, but will be stored in the "unison.log" file. If there are conflicts to be resolved, then the applescript will post a dialog window.
+==Conflicts==
+Conflicts arise when the server and the local directory have conflicting dates (i.e. the versions on office computer and laptop were independently edited, so are now out of sync.) If there are conflicts to be resolved, then the applescript will post a dialog window.
+ unison /User/houpt/uniDisk ssh://houptlab.org/uniDisk -ui text -times -ignore 'Name .DS_Store'
−For each conflict, < moves from server to local, > moves from local to server, / skips the file, f means follow Unison recommendation.