Unison is a file synchronization software that allows for backups and easy data transfer between different machines. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Unison on a Fedora Server.
The first step is to install Unison on your machine. To do so, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo dnf install unison
This will install Unison on your machine.
After installing Unison, you need to create a Unison profile, which is a configuration file that specifies which files and directories to synchronize.
To create a profile, navigate to the directory where you want to store the profile, and create a new file with the extension .prf. For example, to create a profile in the home directory, you can run the following command:
cd ~
touch myprofile.prf
Open the file in your preferred text editor and add the following lines:
root = /path/to/source/directory
root = /path/to/destination/directory
Replace /path/to/source/directory with the path to the directory you want to synchronize, and /path/to/destination/directory with the path to the directory where you want to synchronize the files.
Save and close the file.
Now that you have created a Unison profile, you can run the unison command to synchronize the files between the source and destination directories.
To sync the files, run the following command in the terminal:
unison myprofile.prf
This will start the synchronization process between the source and destination directories.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Unison on a Fedora Server, create a Unison profile, and synchronize files between different directories. Unison is a powerful tool that can make data transfer and backup easier and more efficient.
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