The Unison-ssh utility was developed for users of the Unison file synchronizer under Windows. The thing is, Unison needs SSH and that isn't so straightforward under Windows. Many people instead use the almost-equivalent Plink and then have some kind of wrapper around it. Unison-ssh is a particularly convenient wrapper.
Notes. If you already have an ssh.exe on your system, then it probably works fine already and you don't need unison-ssh at all. Unison-ssh is merely a wrapper around Plink. If you already have plink installed somewhere on your path, then that will be used. If you don't, then unison-ssh contains a copy and will automatically install that copy in your windows directory.
Here are some key features of "Unison-SSH":
Unison-ssh is a wrapper around plink with some nice features:
· It's a drop-in replacement from the perspective of Unison, so you can just use the standard unison commands without any messing about.
· It lets you type in your SSH password interactively if you want, rather than forcing you to run Pagent. Also, it's invisible when you type it in interactively, unlike most other unison/plink wrappers.
