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(As you probably know) rsynd and unison have not the same goals: rsync is a very efficient COPY tool, able to do it through the network, securely (SSH, ...) and even without a service running on any side. Unison is aimed to _synchronise_ two slightly diverging filesystems. It propagates changes _in both directions_, so it has to face the uncomfortable situation of files having been changed _at both sides_ since last synchronisation. In this case, it leaves the final decision to the user, by calling a custom-made script. If I need to _synchronise_ a laptop with a desktop, I assume I might work on both, so update sometimes files at one side, sometimes at the other side. Then, Unison is the answer (I used it for exactly this goal with success). If you want to use rsync for that, you should rsync _each time_ you change of computer: when you leave your laptop, you need to rsync to the desktop before using it, and reversly. Not that funny... I appreciate both, and use rsync mainly for backups, or remote recursive secure copies. This is a typical one-way use, exactly what rsync provides. Sadly, rsync is badly named... It should be someting as "netdeltacopy" instead. Yours, Pascal Steichen a écrit : -- Brent Frère Private e-mail: Brent(a)BFrere.net Postal address: 5, rue de Mamer L-8280 Kehlen Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg European Union Mobile: +352-021/29.05.98 Fax: +352-26.30.05.96 Home: +352-307.341 URL: http://BFrere.net If you have problem with my digital signature, please install the appropriate authority certificate by browsing https://www.cacert.org/certs/root.crt.