[pmwiki-users] syncing pmwiki with local installation (OSX)

[Tamara Temple]

On Dec 1, 2013, at 2:16 AM, jdd <jdd at dodin.org> wrote:

> Le 01/12/2013 09:13, Eric Forgeot a écrit :
>> If you find rsync too complicated to set up, you can also use Unison,
>> which is graphical and works well (I use it every day):
>> http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
> 
> I stopped using unison when it made me lose files by the fault of a failing (brand new) disk. the disk accepted files but not the content and this ended up in newer files withj zero length, and the zéro length propagated on the two sides...
> 
> but it's not likely to happen very often. Simply know to have an other system as backup
> 
> jdd


Really *REALLY* good point, jdd — syncing is not a backup, nor is it an archive. Should still have both.