Hello, As reported in Debian bug #349674 which can be seen at http://bugs.debian.org/349674 Unison has problems when the file system is removed from under it. ...
Kapil Hari Paranjape
kapil@...
Aug 1, 2006 12:47 pm
5380
Thank you for the bug report. This is, indeed, a serious issue. We have a little safety check that (in the text UI) requires confirmation when a whole...
Hello all, So far, I've always used 'fastcheck' in Windows with Unison and had no problems. I read somwhere however that Microsoft Excel files could have ...
damian@...
Aug 1, 2006 3:13 pm
5382
I synchronize files daily between Windows machines using fastcheck. Files include Excel spreadsheets and I never had problems. One thing I noticed though is...
Excel modifies the file, but not the modification timestamps on the file itself. This causes tons of issues for synchronization software. Unison disables...
Hello, ... Thanks for the quick response. I have been using unison rather regularly and have also become worried because of this bug report on Debian's BTS. ...
Kapil Hari Paranjape
kapil@...
Aug 2, 2006 10:40 am
5385
OK, call me dense. I've been through the documentation a dozen times and I'm still not getting things to work properly. :( As the home page seems to be most...
Jim Smilanich
jps.sgtrock@...
Aug 2, 2006 5:47 pm
5386
... No. In batch mode, they will cause the whole run to abort. But the way the check is implemented is that we look at whether the whole replica (or any of...
I think you want the "prefer" option instead of the "force" option. The difference being that prefer only takes effect when there is a conflict, and force...
For me as an unison newbee it looks like you shouldn't use the '-force newer' switch. As the manual states, unison will _mirror_ instead of _synchronize_ when...
Stefan Henrich
s.henrich@...
Aug 3, 2006 8:56 am
5389
Thanks to all who responded. I'll try the -prefer newer switch in my cron job. I don't have a clue why I didn't see that option as I went through the...
Jim Smilanich
jps.sgtrock@...
Aug 3, 2006 1:24 pm
5390
Hi guys, I have read the various messages in the archive about slow transfer speeds when two directories are sync'd for the first time, but I have not found an...
Maurice van der Pot
griffon26@...
Aug 4, 2006 12:50 pm
5391
Hi! I�m new at this Group and also new in YAHOO Groups. So if I doing something what is not the right way say it please. To my question: I using unison...
I get this error message when attempting to synchronize directories with files of the format ._likethis Error: [root 2]: Malformed AppleDouble file ...
I want to use this program to sync/backup my removable drive (that I use on an XP machine at work) to my Mac Powerbook at home. I don¹t need the flashdrive...
... I'm also using Unison on OS X and I'm afraid I've never seen such error. When ignoring the file, don't forget that the Icon name ends with a strange...
Hi, I'm a very happy unison user -- thanks muchly for all of your fine work. I have a feature suggestion that I thought I'd pass along. First, my usage...
Hi guys, I can't find any Windows executable version of Unison since 2.9.1 version. To build one by my self is a chinese language for me. Have anyone a builded...
Hi, you can find exectutables for different systems on http://www.geo.unizh.ch/~pmarchi/unison/ ... Patrick...
Patrick Marchi
pmarchi@...
Aug 8, 2006 1:29 pm
5399
... In order to support files with resource forks on non-Apple (non-HFS) file systems, Apple has a convention where they can store the resource fork in a...
Trevor Jim
trevor@...
Aug 8, 2006 2:37 pm
5400
... Did you do the following? 1. Visit the Unison web page http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ 2. Click on the Download link on the left side 3. Click...
... I've done some tests on another set of systems: my linux server and my dual-boot win2k/linux desktop. I installed unison 2.17.1 on both and put a large...
Maurice van der Pot
griffon26@...
Aug 8, 2006 7:39 pm
5403
... I am not 100% sure the exact algorithm but unison has to basically create a md5 (or similar code) for every single file on both sides and only after this...
... This happens when Unison looks for changes, and it can take a long time the first time Unison is run. However this should not impact the file sending phase...
... Well, there is no one whose job is to develop Unison. There are some volunteers who give some time to fix bugs and implement new features. So, while there...
... Thanks, Alan. Glad to offer a suggestion that makes the list. If Unison were in a language I could grok better it would have been fun to suggest the...
Strange. I synced a 40 GB partition between two Linux boxes this past weekend. It took several hours to complete the actual transfer of files. When I...
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