Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Simple use help

[Laurent GUERBY]

On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 23:13, Stelios K. Kyriacou wrote:
> I do not think that rdiff-backup can deal with individual files like 
> .bashrc and .emacs (I assume the rest are directories). 

Correct.

> It deals
> with directories only. Why dont you make hard links of all these
> individual files and put them in a directory called
> for_backup_of_individual_files and add this dir to the rest of the dirs
> you want to backup?

I could, but I'm surprised by that limitation and interface divergence
from common copy tools (tar/cp/scp/...).

What would be the command line if my file contains
only directory names? (Still getting those messages
with everything I try...)

Thanks for your time,

Laurent