Unison is a program that allows you to synchronize files and directories between multiple machines. It is a popular tool among developers and system administrators. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Unison on Ubuntu Server.
Before you begin, please make sure that you have the following:
The first step is to install Unison on your Ubuntu Server. To do this, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install unison
This will install Unison and all the necessary dependencies.
After installing Unison, you should check the version to make sure everything is installed correctly. Run the following command to check the version:
unison -version
This should output the version of Unison that you just installed.
The next step is to create a configuration file for Unison. This file tells Unison which directories to synchronize and how to handle conflicts.
To create a configuration file, create a new file named sync.prf in your home directory:
nano ~/sync.prf
Then, add the following lines to the file:
root = /path/to/root/dir
root = ssh://user@remote-server//path/to/root/dir
Replace /path/to/root/dir with the root directory that you want to synchronize. Replace user and remote-server with the username and hostname of the remote server that you want to synchronize with.
Now that you have a configuration file, you can use Unison to synchronize the directories.
To synchronize the directories, run the following command:
unison sync
This tells Unison to use the sync.prf configuration file and synchronize the directories specified in the file.
Now you have successfully installed Unison on Ubuntu Server and synchronized a directory with a remote server. Unison is a powerful tool that can help you keep your files and directories in sync across multiple machines.
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