[Rdiff-backup-commits] rdiff-backup CHANGELOG Windows-README.txt

[Andrew Ferguson]

CVSROOT:        /sources/rdiff-backup
Module name:    rdiff-backup
Changes by:     Andrew Ferguson <owsla> 08/08/25 00:40:18

Modified files:
        .              : CHANGELOG 
Added files:
        .              : Windows-README.txt 

Log message:
        Add some more Windows documentation and release 1.2.1

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/rdiff-backup/CHANGELOG?cvsroot=rdiff-backup&r1=1.298&r2=1.299
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/rdiff-backup/Windows-README.txt?cvsroot=rdiff-backup&rev=1.1

Patches:
Index: CHANGELOG
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RCS file: /sources/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/CHANGELOG,v
retrieving revision 1.298
retrieving revision 1.299
diff -u -b -r1.298 -r1.299
--- CHANGELOG   20 Aug 2008 02:27:52 -0000      1.298
+++ CHANGELOG   25 Aug 2008 00:40:16 -0000      1.299
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-New in v1.2.1 (????/??/??)
+New in v1.2.1 (2008/08/24)
 ---------------------------
 
+Produce a new binary for Windows which includes the Python for Windows
+Extensions. Thanks to Shohn Trojacek for reporting the problem.
+
 Disable hardlinks by default when backup source or restore destination is
 on Windows. (Andrew Ferguson)
 

Index: Windows-README.txt
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RCS file: Windows-README.txt
diff -N Windows-README.txt
--- /dev/null   1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ Windows-README.txt  25 Aug 2008 00:40:16 -0000      1.1
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+INSTALLATION:
+
+Thank you for trying rdiff-backup on Windows. Native support for the Windows
+environment is quite new in rdiff-backup. Please read the manual page, FAQ and
+the Wiki thorougly.
+
+To install the provided binary, simply copy rdiff-backup.exe to someplace in
+your PATH. Everything is included in the binary (including Python) for local
+operation. For remote operation, you will need to install a Windows SSH
+program. You will also need to install rdiff-backup on the remote system(s).
+
+ADDITIONAL ISSUES:
+
+Currently, rdiff-backup's --include and --exclude options do not support
+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
+rdiff-backup from the same directory as the 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:
+
+cd "c:\My Stuff"
+rdiff-backup.exe --include "c:/My Stuff" --exclude "c:/**" c:/ c:/Backup
+
+will not work.
+
+
+TROUBLESHOOTING:
+
+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,
+the Wiki at: http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org, and/or the mailing list. You can
+subscribe to the mailing list at:
+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:
+http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org/wiki/index.php/BackupFromWindowsToLinux
+
+You can also try searching the mailing list archives:
+http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/rdiff-backup-users/