Re: Whats your way of sharing data between PCs?
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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