[Unison-hackers] Does copyprog option do not work for local files?

[Alan Schmitt]

On 28 mars 09, at 06:44, netawater wrote:

> I try use unison to synchronize my files with copyprog option, I
> have set copythreshold = 0, but It seems unison does not call my
> copy program.
>
> I have studied the copy.ml, and found these expressions in file  
> function
>
> match rootFrom, rootTo with
>    (Common.Local, fspathFrom), (Common.Local, realFspathTo) ->
>      localFile
>        fspathFrom pathFrom fspathTo pathTo realPathTo
>        update desc (Osx.ressLength ress) (Some id);
>      Lwt.return ()
>
> It means if it found there are local files, it will call localFile  
> function
> so that copyprog is ignored.

Yes, it is correct. To be precise, copyprog is called:
- when one file is remote
- when the remote file is missing (i.e. it's a file creation, not a  
file modification)
- when the remote file is bigger than the threshold.

Alan
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