Re: mountpoint parameter
"'Micha Silver' via unison-users" <[email protected]> Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:01:40 +0000
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> > I interpret this as saying that foo should be a pathname within the > replica, so that unison can error out if the replica isn't actually > there. > > Thus a reasonable value might be ".emacs" (if you're of that tribe), but > really some file that is in your home directory, and thus will be Ah hah! I put in: mountpoint = .vimrc (different tribe ;-)) and it works Many thanks! > missing if the removable media is not mounted. > > The man page > > mountpoint xxx > Including the preference -mountpoint PATH causes Unison to > double-check, at the end of update detection, that PATH exists > and abort if it does not. This is useful when Unison is used to > synchronize removable media. This preference can be given more > than once. See Section “Mount Points and Removable Media” in the > manual. > > is less clear, but it says that one should read the manual :-) > > I guess what threw me off was the name of the parameter. "mountpoint" has a very specific meaning, after all... > > There is also confirmbigdel, but the man page notes that this is only > for TUI. (I wonder if that's still true.) To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].