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+Usage: 
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+1. Configure user options in `install.sh`
+2. Run `./install.sh` as your normal user
+3. Confirm that user services are running and enabled: `systemctl --user status $service_name.service; systemctl --user status $service_name.timer`
+4. If errors occur, check journal output: `journalctl -r -u $service_name.service`
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+Notes:
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+1. curlftpfs doesn't support file permissions, thus we must only use -r in rsync
+2. curlftpfs doesn't support temporary files, thus the intermediate temp file step
+3. I mount the share to /media (by design so that my file manager will display it if it is erroneously mounted) but it may be easier for users to mount the ftp share somewhere in $HOME to avoid permissions issues
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