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How to get unison to back up an entire file system starting at /?
I'm using unison 2.52.1 both on my linux machine (Ubuntu version 20.04) and my Mac (MacOS version 11.7).
I want to use unison to back up my entire linux filesystem (excluding a few specific ...
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Can Unison be made to ignore bind mounts or hard links?
I'm looking for the best way to sync my home directory to and from a 120GB USB drive. The catch is that I use bind mounts (which I don't want to be followed) and hard links (which I do want to be ...
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How do I ignore folders and its subdirectories in Unison sync
I use Unison to sync website projects across my machines, in one of my machines I would like to avoid sycning (both ways)some folders contained with in the folders I watch:
/vendor
/node_modules
/...
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Mirror 2 linux machines
I have a notebook with Fedora 25 and a online server with Fedora 25 too.
I want to mirror my notebook with my server in a such way that, if I connect direct on the server with NoMachine, it will be ...
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Unison sync of sshfs mount - what can go wrong if the connection breaks?
I have a cloud storage server that I would like to sync with multiple computers. I have access via rsync, SFTP, or WebDAV, but no shell access. So I can't run Unison on the server. My first solution ...
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Sync with remote encrypted storage
I'm trying to keep a folder tree in sync between several computers. Currently, I'm using unison in a star topology, with a central remote server. I want the data on the server to be encrypted, so on ...
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Can I synchronize Sublime Text?
I would like to synchronize my entire Sublime Text 3 between my desktop and laptop.
I use Ubuntu on both machine. I think if I just sync the entire /home/<username>/.config/sublime-text-3 ...
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Unison -repeat watch will only sync when a change is made client side
I have 3 computers, two clients (A,B), and one central server (C), that they both connect to via Unison/ssh, folders are set to -repeat watch so that changes are sent to the server as soon as they are ...
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How to use unison's path option with multiple paths?
I want to sync the following locations using unison:
/home/user/Audiobooks with /shared/Audiobooks
/home/user/Music with /shared/Music
/home/user/Podcasts with /shared/Podcasts
What would the unison ...
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One-way syncing/backup with Unison
I'm using the syncing tool Unison with my Mac OSX and Ubuntu 9.10 machines to backup my music from Mac to Ubuntu. The thing is, I want to have my Mac be the source and Ubuntu be the target so that the ...
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File synchronization between 3 places?
I need a way to synchronize files between 3 places, all of which can be modified.
All places are on Linux, and the synchronization tool has to run from cronjob - not manually!.
I tried unison, but I ...
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How to Duplicate Dropbox/Ubuntu One Folder Synchronization In-House?
I really like using Dropbox and Ubuntu One, but they don't quite cut it for my workplace, because of restrictions on using external services.
Is there software (preferably free/open source) that we ...
