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Subject: Re: [unison-users] backup folder size
From: "Pierce Benjamin C." <bcpierce () cis ! upenn ! edu>
Date: 2011-01-10 20:51:10
Message-ID: 1A5DBEAE-FF91-472D-8EBC-AF85B27764CA () cis ! upenn ! edu
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Right: Unison doesn't do any compression of backups, and this can occasionally be an \
issue if disk space is tight. I periodically just delete my .unison/backup \
directory, when it gets too big.
- B
On Jan 10, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Scott Bohler wrote:
>
>
> Hi Mirko,
>
> Unless something has changed that I'm unaware of, I don't think Unison does any \
> sort of file compression on backups. If you want to, however, you could enable \
> compression on your backup folder to let have the OS do that for you. Unison \
> should access it like any other folder.
> Scott
>
>
> On 1/10/2011 9:42 AM, mypooltile wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to turn on the backup option for my unison syncs, but I am concerned about \
> > the backup folder size.
> > I would imagine that the folder size is about the same as the size of the files \
> > that are being handled by unison. Or is there some dark magic at work (file \
> > compression?) that actually keeps the backup size much smaller.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Mirko
> >
> >
>
>
>
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<p>Right: Unison doesn't do any compression of backups, and this can \
occasionally be an issue if disk space is tight. I periodically just delete my \
.unison/backup directory, when it gets too big.<br> <br>
- B<br>
<br>
On Jan 10, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Scott Bohler wrote:<br>
<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Hi Mirko,<br>
> <br>
> Unless something has changed that I'm unaware of, I don't think Unison does any \
sort of file compression on backups. If you want to, however, you could enable \
compression on your backup folder to let have the OS do that for you. Unison should \
access it like any other folder.<br> > <br>
> Scott<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On 1/10/2011 9:42 AM, mypooltile wrote:<br>
>> Hi,<br>
>> <br>
>> I want to turn on the backup option for my unison syncs, but I am concerned \
about the backup folder size.<br> >> <br>
>> I would imagine that the folder size is about the same as the size of the \
files that are being handled by unison. Or is there some dark magic at work (file \
compression?) that actually keeps the backup size much smaller.<br> >> <br>
>> Thanks.<br>
>> <br>
>> Mirko<br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
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