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diff --git a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 index 69e1a2c..9680840 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 +++ b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 @@ -361,12 +361,18 @@ is noisiest). This determines how much is written to the log file. Print the current version and exit .TP .B --windows-mode -This option is short for "--chars to quote A-Z: --windows-time-format ---no-hard-links --exclude-special-files" and is appropriate when -backing a normal unix file system to one that doesn't allow colons in -filenames, is not case sensitive, and cannot store special files or -hard links. If this switch is used for backing up, it must also be -used when restoring, listing increments, etc. +This option quotes characters not allowable on windows, and does not +try to preserve ownership, hardlinks, or permissions on the +destination side. It is appropriate when backing up a normal unix +file system to a windows one such as VFS, or a file system with +similar limitations. Because metadata is stored in a separate regular +file, this option does not prevent all data from being restored. +.TP +.B --windows-restore +This option turns on windows quoting, but does not disable +permissions, hard linking, or ownership. Use this when restoring from +an rdiff-backup directory on a windows file system to a unix file +system. .SH EXAMPLES Simplest case---backup directory foo to directory bar, with increments |