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 Unison is a tool that allows for the synchronization of files across servers
 that also have it installed. It is like rsync but works both ways.
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 <b>All</b> options for this tool are included in a file stored in the .unison 
 folder in your home directory, called a profile. For connecting to a different 
-server, a private key for that server is required in order to connect. To set that up, 
-sshpref is the option to set to the value: '-i .ssh/<name of private key> '.
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+server, a private key for that server is required in order to connect. To set 
+that up, sshpref is the option to set to the value: 
+'-i .ssh/<name of private key> '.
+</p><p>
 To set an option the syntax is: option_name = value
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+</p><p>
 Even if you don't have a server to connect to, unison is great for merging 
 directories. Even on/to a Windows box.
 Instead of following the common practice of using double hyphens for long 
-flags on the comand line, a single is used for all.
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+flags on the comand line, a single hyphen is used for all flags. For cosmic
+in particular, if you were synchronising your ships folder with your personal
+machine, say, if you wanted to work on your stories without a connection to
+cosmic.voyage, the option 'follow' should be in the profile with each ship in 
+your ships folder named so that unison will synchronise them.
+</p>
 For your personal machine, there is a graphical interface availiable as 
-'unison-gtk' in APT, and very well could be in other packaging systems.
+'unison-gtk' in APT, and that could very well be in other packaging systems as 
+well.
 However, it is best if the profiles are edited manually as the user interface
 does not do the best job of doing it for you.
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