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.)

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