Unison (was Re: [plug] Fastest way to transfer files over Internet)

[Ryan]

> > Is it possible to make unison on Debian talk to unison on NT so it can
> > transfer more efficiently?

> Three options come to mind:
>  - overwrite NT with a POSIX-like operating system.

That won't be tooooo far away :)

>  - ask Unison to look only at directories where you know
>    changes have occurred.

My wrappers do that as best as is possible.

>  - use the -fastcheck option :)

Didn't make a lick of difference when I tried it (several times in the
past) - I should have mentioned that in the first email :)

> Perhaps it needs UNIX daemons (e.g. Cygwin or something).

The wonders of reading the correct bits of the documentation:

http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/manual.html#socketmeth

On the NT box I type (in a cmd window):  

unison -socket 1234

Then on the Debian box I type:  

unison {ldir} socket://remotehost:1234/rdir -auto -batch

Magic.   Now I just need a way to make that unison socket command on NT 
a service or something persistent ... downloading firedaemon now :)

Ryan