[rdiff-backup-users] Re: rdiff-backup converts uppercase to numbers

[DW Price]

I don't know if debian bug reports are getting sent up to the authors of 
rdiff-backup. Here is my bug report. I've spotted a much older one 
(http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=316816) which 
attributes the problem to backup up in Linux to VFAT filesystems but I 
believe my USB flash keys/cards are probably just FAT.


DW Price wrote:

> Package: rdiff-backup
> Version: 1.1.5-1
>
> When rdiff-backup makes a backup to an external USB hard drive or to a 
> flash card connected by USB, the backed up files have uppercase 
> letters changed into code numbers. If I back up one directory on my 
> local hard disk to another local directory, uppercase is okay.
>
> Examples of conversions when backing up from local hard disk to 
> USB-connected media:
>
> Henry becomes 00;072enry
>
> Record Shop becomes ;082ecord ;083hop
>
> aA_bB_cC_dD_eE_fF_gG_hH_iI_jJ_kK_lL_mM_nN_oO_pP_qQ_rR_sS_tT_uU_vV_wW_xX_yY_zZ 
>
> becomes
> a;065_b;066_c;067_d;068_e;069_f;070_g;071_h;072_i;073_j;074_k;075_l;076_m;077_n;078_o;079_p;080_q;081_r;082_s;083_t;084_u;085_v;086_w;087_x;088_y;089_z;090 
>
>
> lowercase is not affected. For filenames with lots of capitals, you 
> get huge new filenames chock full of numbers that are incomprehensible.
>
> System:
> Debian unstable
> Linux shoveller 2.6.15-1-686 #1 Tue Feb 21 20:25:22 UTC 2006 i686 
> GNU/Linux