Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Charset problem windows->linux backup

[Matthew Flaschen]

Gregy wrote:
> Hello, I have a little problem here. I am using rdiff-backup for
> linux-linux backups without issue but I have a problem with windows
> version. When I backup special characters are not reencoded or
> reencoded badly so it appears like '?' on my utf8 linux system. On
> windows I am using cp1250 and national characters like "ěščřžýá". So
> on windows the name of a directory or file is "nějaká složka" and on
> linux after backup "n?jak? slo?ka". If I restore the backup using
> rdiff-backup it looks fine as long as it is on windows.

Given that it restores back to Windows correctly, that doesn't sound
like a bug to me.  rdiff-backup is not meant to do any character reencoding.

Matt Flaschen