Re: Initial Backup Archive

[Dominic Raferd]

On 25/03/2021 07:29, reg.rdiff_backup@excel4x.com wrote:
> I plan to use rdiff-backup on Windows using Windows networking - e.g. drive
> letter for remote file access. I have a mirrored copy of files already on
> the backup system.
>
> 1) Can I run rdiff-backup for the first time with a pre-populated backup
> directory?
>
> 2) Do I need to set any options or configuration to make sure rdiff-backup
> correctly processes this populated backup directory so that subsequent
> changes will be archived, etc.?

The answer to your first question is no, you should let rdiff-backup 
populate its own backup directory.

BTW, I use rdiff-backup (via my own TimeDicer 
https://www.timedicer.co.uk) for backing up data from Windows machines 
to a Linux server and it works very well (connecting via ssh not mapped 
network drives). rdiff-backup *to* a Windows destination is the path 
less trodden, there may be dragons.