I am having two nfs servers across which I am trying to sync files. I have the unison profile sync.prf this way.
root = /home/ubuntu/nfs # shared directory on server1
root = ssh://[email protected]//home/ubuntu/nfs # shared directory on server2
ignore = Name .git
merge = Name /home/ubuntu/nfs/*txt
There is a hello.txt file in server1 as well as in server2. I am trying to merge the content from files across the servers.
While I run the profile using unison sync.prf, I am getting the failed synchronization.
The error is as follows:
ubuntu@ubuntu-shivam:~$ unison sync.prf
Contacting server...
Connected [//sshtest-vm-intern//home/ubuntu/nfs -> //ubuntu-shivam//home/ubuntu/nfs]
Looking for changes
Waiting for changes from server
Reconciling changes
local sshtest-v...
changed <=M=> hello.txt [f] m
Proceed with propagating updates? [] y
Propagating updates
UNISON 2.48.4 started propagating changes at 18:04:36.00 on 05 Jan 2023
100% 00:00 ETAFailed [hello.txt]: 'merge' preference not set for hello.txt
UNISON 2.48.4 finished propagating changes at 18:04:36.01 on 05 Jan 2023
Saving synchronizer state
Synchronization incomplete at 18:04:36 (0 items transferred, 0 skipped, 1 failed)
failed: hello.txt
I have tried implementing the merge option in following some ways, but not getting the successful synchronization.
Path /home/ubuntu/nfs = update
*.txt update
*.txt = update
Name /home/ubuntu/nfs/*.txt
/home/ubuntu/nfs = update
Name /home/ubuntu/nfs/*.txt = merge=update
Path /home/ubuntu/nfs = merge=update
merge = diff3 -m /home/ubuntu/nfs/*.txt OLD /home/ubuntu/nfs/*txt > NEW
Kindly someone help me with the issue.
Your syntax for the
mergeoption isn't correct. It should look something likeSee the see the Merging Conflicting Versions section of the Unison Manual for details and examples.