Re: cross-platform backup tool Fwd: [rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup] Pre-release v2.1.2b2 - 2nd beta v2.1.2b2 just fixing Windows

[qx6uwumzvv]

I'm still seeing the behavior described below in v2.1.3b3.  Is the need 
for the extra "\" intentional?  If not I can report an issue.

On 2022-09-16 17:44, qx6uwumzvv-at-liamekaens.com |rdiff-backup-users| 
wrote:
> Thanks Eric.
>
> https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/releases/download/v2.1.2b2/rdiff-backup-2.1.2b2.win64exe.zip
>  is working for for me on Windows 10, but I did encounter one slight surprise.
>
> I've been running rdiff-backup 2.0.5 (from Powershell) to backup to a CIFS/SMB 
> share on my NAS server mounted to my Windows machine.  I access it using the 
> path \\nas4free\finance-backup\Finance.rdiff-backup.  For example:
>
> rdiff-backup-2.0.5\rdiff-backup.exe --list-changed-since 1B 
> \\nas4free\finance-backup\Finance.rdiff-backup
>
> When I try to do the equivalent using 2.12b2 it doesn't recognize the backup 
> repository.  For example:
>
> rdiff-backup-2.1.2b2-64\rdiff-backup.exe list files --changed-since 1B 
> \\nas4free\finance-backup\Finance.rdiff-backup
> ERROR: Path '/nas4free/finance-backup/Finance.rdiff-backup' couldn't be 
> identified as being within an existing backup repository
> ERROR: Action list failed on step check
>
> However if I add an extra "\" at the beginning of the path it seems happy.  For 
> example:
>
> rdiff-backup-2.1.2b2-64\rdiff-backup.exe list files --changed-since 1B 
> \\\nas4free\finance-backup\Finance.rdiff-backup
>
> Is the need for the extra "\" in 2.12b2 intentional?