On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 6:49 AM, PaulNM <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 ... :)
True, that's a critical difference, but, as pointed out elsewhere in the thread, syncing is also not particularly direction-limited. You just can't merge^H^H^H^H^H sync both into each other all at once. (Also noted elsewhere in the thread.) (Mutual merging sometimes makes sense. I'm not sure mutual syncing does. You definitely have to be a lot more careful when you try to do both at once, and there some things you can do one-direction-at-a-time that you definitely should avoid trying to do both-at-once, if you value your data.) -- Joel Rees Be careful where you see conspiracy. Look first in your own heart, and ask yourself if you are not your own worst enemy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/caar43iphzsm1f+9fd1jygsajkicaoa4ssx6ku8wi3+vrtbk...@mail.gmail.com
