On 09/22/2014 05:44 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Monday 22 September 2014 18:59:33 Joerg Desch wrote:
>> Am Sun, 21 Sep 2014 11:45:23 +0200 schrieb Hans:
>>>> Unison doesn't use rsync. As far as I know, Unison uses a rsync alike
>>>> algorithm which is bidirectional, while rsync is only unidirectional.
>>>
>>> Nope, rsync is bidirectional, too.
>>
>> Are you shure? I'm only aware of the unidirectional sync. The man page
>> tells me this as description:
>>
>> Rsync  is  a  fast  and  extraordinarily versatile file copying tool.  It
>> can copy locally, to/from another host over any remote shell, or to/from
>> a remote rsync daemon.
>>
>> Which option enables bidirectional syncing? How are conflicts handled? I
>> could find the infos in the man page.
> 
> Going purely by what you have written here:
> 
> "It can copy locally to/from another host" etc.
> 
> To ... one direction
> From ...  the other direction
> 
> Bidirectional.
> 
> Lisi
> 

Bidirectional copying, yes.  Not bidirectional syncing.

Critical difference ... :)

- PaulNM


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