Re: mountpoint parameter

"'Micha Silver' via unison-users" <[email protected]> writes:

> Hello:
> I'm not clear on how to use the 'mountpoint' parameter. I have an external USB disk mounted on:
> /media/micha/backup
>
> I want to backup my home dir to the directory on the external disk at
> /media/micha/backup/home/micha
>
> But I'd like to use the mountpoint option to avoid problems when the external disk is not mounted. I entered into the prf file:
>
> root = /home/micha
> root = /media/micha/backup/home/micha
> mountpoint = micha
>
> But I get an error:
> Fatal error: Path /home/micha/micha is designated as a mountpoint, but points to nothing on host RMS
>
> Note that without the mountpoint line, unison runs fine.

I personally have not used mountpoint.  But I just looked it up in the
manual, and in unison's manpage.  The description seems clear.  I
suggest that you read the docs and try to do what it says, and then
follow up that it either works as intended or a detailed report.

I'm pointing you to the docs rather than explaining not to give you a
hard time, but because if the docs are not actually clear, then we can
see about fixing them -- and me paraphrasing them to you doesn't help us
figure that out.

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