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

[Andrew Ferguson]

On Jan 8, 2009, at 5:09 PM, Gregy wrote:

> > It looks like the ext3 filesystem does not support your  
> > Windows-1250 files
> > natively.
>
> Yes that seems to be the problem or maybe rather then filesystem,
> system encoding is the problem.

Yes. And there is nothing rdiff-backup can do about that without  
extensive re-working. (Nor, should it really be expected to, I think.)

> > Using rdiff-backup over ssh to or from Windows is the recommended,
> > and best, solution not only because it fixes the filenames, but  
> > because it
> > restores the Windows metadata as well (which Linux/ext3 does not  
> > preserve on
> > its own).
>
> But I am using rdiff-backup + plink (ssh).


Correct. The files are fixed on the *restore* ... no Unix software is  
capable of implementing the Windows-1250 filenames on the Linux  
destination, unless the OS + filesystem cooperate. And even if the OS  
+ filesystem cooperated for the filenames, the other Windows-only  
attributes could only be fixed on the restore anyway. So, it's  
important to use rdiff-backup for the restore unless 100% impossible.


Andrew