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diff --git a/rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html b/rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html index 6e73f85..a6c59a9 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html +++ b/rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html @@ -115,21 +115,13 @@ some header files in the Makefile: </pre> -Then, whenever you use rdiff-backup to back up 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. (Note: device -files, symlinks, fifos, and sockets will simply be skipped, and hard -link information will not be recorded.) - -<p>If you are backing up one windows system to another, full ---windows-mode is not necessary, but you'll still need -<strong>--windows-time-format</strong>, which stops rdiff-backup from -trying to make increment files with colons in them. Whichever ---windows* option you use, remember to use the same one when restoring -or listing that backup directory. -</li> +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. <P> <a name="OSX"> |