From 4d58fdf3888b4d824ab9a8506d805205d9df4cb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bescoto Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:04:58 +0000 Subject: Removed --windows-mode discussion git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup/trunk@565 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109 --- rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html | 12 +++++------- 1 file 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: -Then, whenever you use rdiff-backup to back up or restore from a unix -system to Windows, use the --windows-mode 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.

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