Commit f524189c authored by owsla's avatar owsla

Update for 1.2.2 release


git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup@951 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109
parent 26d64222
New in v1.2.2 (????/??/??) New in v1.2.2 (2008/10/19)
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Automatically resume after a failed initial backup. (Patch from Josh Nisly) Automatically resume after a failed initial backup. (Patch from Josh Nisly)
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...@@ -13,31 +13,39 @@ ADDITIONAL ISSUES: ...@@ -13,31 +13,39 @@ ADDITIONAL ISSUES:
Currently, rdiff-backup's --include and --exclude options do not support Currently, rdiff-backup's --include and --exclude options do not support
Windows paths with \ as the directory separator. Instead, it is necessary to Windows paths with \ as the directory separator. Instead, it is necessary to
use / which is the Unix directory separator. However, you will need to run use / which is the Unix directory separator.
rdiff-backup from the same directory as the source of your backup, eg:
cd c:\ Additionally, you may need to run rdiff-backup from the same directory as the
rdiff-backup.exe --include "c:/My Stuff" --exclude "c:/**" c:/ c:/Backup source of your backup, eg:
> cd c:\
> rdiff-backup.exe --include "c:/My Stuff" --exclude "c:/**" c:/ c:/Backup
will work to backup "c:\My Stuff" to "c:\Backup", but: will work to backup "c:\My Stuff" to "c:\Backup", but:
cd "c:\My Stuff" > cd "c:\My Stuff"
rdiff-backup.exe --include "c:/My Stuff" --exclude "c:/**" c:/ c:/Backup > rdiff-backup.exe --include "c:/My Stuff" --exclude "c:/**" c:/ c:/Backup
will not work. UPDATE: With appropriate escaping, it looks like it is
possible for this to work. Follow this example:
will not work. > mkdir c:\foo
> cd "c:\Documents and Settings"
> rdiff-backup.exe --include c:\\/foo --exclude c:\\/** c:\/ c:\bar
The \\ is necessary in the --include and --exclude options because those
options permit regular-expressions, and \ is the escape character in
regular-expressions, and thus needs to be escaped itself.
TROUBLESHOOTING: TROUBLESHOOTING:
If you have everything installed properly, and it still doesn't work, If you have everything installed properly, and it still doesn't work,
see the enclosed FAQ.html, the web page at http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org, see the enclosed manual, FAQ, the web page at http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org,
the Wiki at: http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org, and/or the mailing list. You can the Wiki at: http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org, and/or the mailing list. You can
subscribe to the mailing list at: subscribe to the mailing list at:
http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users
Rdiff-backup manual (Unix man page):
http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1.html
Recommended Wiki entries: Recommended Wiki entries:
http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org/wiki/index.php/BackupFromWindowsToLinux http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org/wiki/index.php/BackupFromWindowsToLinux
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