Re: Lockfile for each profile

Yes, I could imagine a built-in mechanism like this being quite useful.  If you (or someone else) want to give it a go, I’d suggest developing a detailed design and circulating it for discussion here before starting to implement.

Best,

    - Benjamin

> On Dec 31, 2014, at 9:36 AM, Matthias Peter Walther <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm new to this mailinglist. Thanks for your great development work, I
> really like unison.
> 
> One question: I use unison with profiles in general. I call it via cron
> every 15 minutes, but sometimes when I need a file on another pc
> immediatly or when I want to close the laptop right now, I start it
> manually.
> 
> To prevent double synchronisation, I use a lockfile:
> test -e /var/lock/unison-dokumente && exit 0 || (touch
> /var/lock/unison-dokumente;unison dokumente;rm /var/lock/unison-dokumente)
> (Linux Bash Syntax)
> 
> Wouldn't it be smart, to have this lockfile feature directly build into
> unison? I mean, there is some kind of lock mechanism in unison if the
> sync abborts. But this doesn't prevent to start unison a second time,
> while another synchronisation is still running, because for example a
> large file has to be synchronized via wifi.
> 
> And this feature would be smart to easily combine timed and manual
> synchronisation.
> 
> I'm looking forward to get your thoughts.
> 
> Greeting from Germany
> and a Happy New Year
> Matthias Walther
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