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diff --git a/rdiff-backup/Windows-README.txt b/rdiff-backup/Windows-README.txt index 7fa5ae7..e86e81e 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/Windows-README.txt +++ b/rdiff-backup/Windows-README.txt @@ -9,6 +9,21 @@ your PATH. Everything is included in the binary (including Python) for local operation. For remote operation, you will need to install a Windows SSH program. You will also need to install rdiff-backup on the remote system(s). +You will need the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 redistributables. If these are +not installed on your system, rdiff-backup will be unable to run and Windows +will display a message such as "The system cannot execute the specified +program". To install the redistributables for all users, install the package +available from Microsoft.com (search for "visual c 2008 redistributable"). + +Alternatively, you can install the redistributable in a "side-by-side" +configuration, which does not require administrator privelges. Simply +download the DLL package from: +http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/rdiff-backup/Microsoft.VC90.zip +and copy the four enclosed files to the same directory as rdiff-backup.exe. + +You will need to follow either method only once. + + ADDITIONAL ISSUES: Currently, rdiff-backup's --include and --exclude options do not support |