[Unison-hackers] [unison-users] unison.tmp files

[Adam Griffiths]

I agree, is there anywhere in the code other than lines 137..147 of
os.mlwhere this needs to be addressed?

Thanks

Adam


On 22/06/07, Benjamin Pierce <bcpierce at cis.upenn.edu> wrote:
>
> I think the main issue with this partial fix will be that, if Unison
> is interrupted, then any temp files from this run will not be
> recognized as such and the next run will try to propagate them
> instead of deleting them.  This could be worked around using the
> "ignore" preference.
>
>    - Benjamin
>
> On Jun 22, 2007, at 1:21 PM, Adam Griffiths wrote:
>
> > Ok, with my 1 hour old ocaml skills i have fixed my problem by
> > putting all the temp file info in the suffix rather than the
> > prefix. This then lets the file extension remain invariant
> > thuoghout the copy raname procedure.
> >
> > Note, this is based on unison-2.13.16
> >
> > diff unison-2.13.16/os.ml unison-2.13.16_a/os.ml
> > 375c375
> > <         (Path.addSuffixToFinalName path s)
> > ---
> > >         (Path.addPrefixToFinalName path s)
> >
> > However
> >
> > This leaves problems with the consistency of the code. Fisrt off
> > tempFileSuffix is no loger used as a suffix so the namingis
> > inconsistent and second off lines 138 and 139 are checking for
> > files that end in tempFileSuffix, which will never exists.
> >
> > Given my unison design and ocaml knowlege is very basic can anyone:
> >
> > a) let me know if my code change will cause anu disasters if I use it
> > b) suggest a putter code patch to solve my problem?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> > On 22/06/07, Adam Griffiths <aogriffiths at gmail.com> wrote:
> > OK i see. I have never programed caml before so I'm a bit stuck. I
> > looks like I need to edit lines some of the stuff between 368..382
> > and 137..147 could anyone help me workout what changes to make?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > PS, it seems more appropriate to continue this thread on the unison-
> > hackers mailing list.
> >
> >
> > On 21/06/07, Benjamin Pierce <bcpierce at cis.upenn.edu > wrote: You'd
> > need to rewrite some code involving tempFileSuffix in the file
> > os.ml...
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >    - Benjamin
> >
> > On Jun 21, 2007, at 11:40 AM, Adam wrote:
> >
> > > Hi I am working with a document storage system called "LiveLink". I
> > > assess all LiveLink documents over WebDAV mounted as a network drive
> > > in windows. When I am out of the office I am keeping an offline
> > > replica  of these files in case I need to read or edit them. I am
> > > using unison to maintain the replica between the offline copy on my
> > > laptop D:\ drive and the webdav copy mounted on a network share Z:\.
> > >
> > > This works fine... except...
> > >
> > > LiveLink does something special. When ever you create a file
> > LiveLink
> > > records some metadata about it, including its MIME type. All files
> > > uploaded by unison are copied to LiveLink with a unison.tmp
> > > extension, so LiveLink sets the MIME type as application/octet-
> > > stream. Unison then renames the file to have it's correct extension,
> > > say ".doc" (which should have a MIME type of application/msword) but
> > > LiveLink does not update the metadata on rename, it only sets it at
> > > the time the file is created.
> > >
> > > This leaves me having used unison to upload multiple .doc .xls .mpp
> > > files (all ms document formats) into LiveLink and live link having
> > > them set with the wrong MIME type - so whenever anyone I work with
> > > trys to download them the browser is told they are application/
> > octet-
> > > stream files and saves them as .doc.bin .doc.xls .doc.mpp
> > > respectively.
> > >
> > > Is there anything I can do to prevent this. The organisation I work
> > > for (and the organisation that builds LiveLink) are large and are
> > not
> > > going to change LiveLink to be more compatible with unison I'm
> > > afraid. What I'm really looking for is a unison option or hack that
> > > uploads the files with the correct extension.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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