-# note, without bash, it prints some crap about tty
-# on an uncustomized jessie install.
-scp /usr/bin/unison root@$host:/usr/local/bin
+# debian uses this path, and has gtk version linked as /usr/bin/unison,
+# but I'd rather not push the gtk version
+push_path=/usr/bin/unison-latest-stable
+if [[ ! -e $push_path ]]; then
+ push_path=/usr/bin/unison
+fi
+# note, i'd prefer to use /usr/local/bin, but it's not in arch's default
+# path for root.
+rsync -L /usr/bin/unison-latest-stable root@$host:/usr/bin/unison