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| author | bescoto <bescoto@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109> | 2005-03-26 18:04:58 +0000 |
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| committer | bescoto <bescoto@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109> | 2005-03-26 18:04:58 +0000 |
| commit | 4d58fdf3888b4d824ab9a8506d805205d9df4cb7 (patch) | |
| tree | bd9a47f08959f9fb762d9e1a1b4875f97e4ffeb6 | |
| parent | 1196caadfe7d10b40c66ccffba97c75ff192e2a7 (diff) | |
| download | rdiff-backup-4d58fdf3888b4d824ab9a8506d805205d9df4cb7.tar.gz | |
Removed --windows-mode discussion
git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup/trunk@565 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109
| -rw-r--r-- | rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html | 12 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html b/rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html index 43eba68..db962a7 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html +++ b/rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html @@ -121,13 +121,11 @@ some header files in the Makefile: </pre> -Then, whenever you use rdiff-backup to back up or restore from a unix -system to Windows, use the <strong>--windows-mode</strong> switch. -This compensates for some windows file systems' inability to store -hard links, symlinks, device files, sockets, fifos, case sensitive -filenames, and filenames with colons (":") in them. No information -will be lost however, because rdiff-backup stores metadata in a -separate file. +XXX The above information is old, point to newer porting efforts? + +Although some windows filesystems lack features like fifos, case +sensitive filenames, or files with colons (":") in them, this should +be autodetected and compensated for by rdiff-backup. <P> <a name="OSX"> |