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List:       unison-users
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>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Hi Mirko,<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; 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> &gt; <br>
&gt; Scott<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; On 1/10/2011 9:42 AM, mypooltile wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; Hi,<br>
&gt;&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; I want to turn on the backup option for my unison syncs, but I am concerned \
about the backup folder size.<br> &gt;&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; 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> &gt;&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; Thanks.<br>
&gt;&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; Mirko<br>
&gt;&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
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