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Subject: Re: Synchronizing directory hierarchies via SFTP
From: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com>
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So I'm not only late, I didn't read it all the way through.

I need to concentrate on work when at work, I guess.

Kurt

On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Michael B. Eichorn
<ike@michaeleichorn.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2015-12-08 at 17:08 -0800, Kurt Buff wrote:
>> Apologies for coming late to this...
>>
>> I see there's been a substantial amount of discussion regarding this,
>> and you seem to have a satisfactory resolution.
>>
>> However, for the sake of completeness, there is a utility in the
>> ports
>> tree called unison which seems to fit your exact requirements. It
>> works with SSH, and comes with or without GUI.
>>
>> Kurt
>
> Unison will not work for the OP as it requires that it be installed on
> both sides of the connection. The OP has sftp only access, not a full
>  shell account.