LinuxPR: Unison File Synchronizer Released | Linux Today

LinuxPR: Unison File Synchronizer Released

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 14, 2000

The Unison development team is pleased to announce the
first public release of its open-source, cross-platform file
synchronization tool.

“The Unison development team at the University of Pennsylvania
today announced the first public release (2.1) of its file
synchronization tool for Unix and Windows systems.”

“Unison allows two replicas of a collection of files and
directories to be stored on different hosts (or different disks on
the same host), modified separately, and then brought up to date by
propagating the changes in each replica to the other.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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