Okay. It was definitely the fact that I wasn't using unix line endings that was killing me.
Thanks guys for your assistance. It is greatly appreciated. Doug > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerard van Dijnsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:31 PM > To: Doug Campbell > Subject: RE: [rdiff-backup-users] Using > parameterslike--include-globbing-filelist doesn't appear to > work when using on Windows > > Doug, > > If it uses cygwin it definitely also needs unix line endings. > I spent a > full two days before figuring this one out, so I remember quite > vividly :-) > > Good luck, > Gerard > > On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 10:35 +0800, Doug Campbell wrote: > > Thanks Gerard. It is possible that my text file does not > have unix line > > endings so I will try changing that. I tried using > /cygdrive/d instead of > > d:/ but that didn't seeem to change anything. > > > > Here is the link for the package. It uses some of the > cygwin stuff. I > > actually don't know quite how it works but it was easy to > setup and since > > people had indicated some difficulties in getting > rdiff-backup to work with > > cygwin I choose this route. Check it out: > > > > http://solutionsfirst.com.au/~dave/backup/ > > > > Doug > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Gerard van Dijnsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 7:54 AM > > > To: Doug Campbell > > > Subject: Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Using parameters > > > like--include-globbing-filelist doesn't appear to work when > > > using on Windows > > > > > > I dont have experience with this specific version. I use > cygwin with > > > rdiff backup. From my experience: > > > > > > - include / exclude files must be unix type text files. > > > - d:\ seems to be /cygdrive/d > > > > > > Hope this helps... > > > > > > Gerard > > > > > > PS: Where can I find this packaged version? > > > > > > On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 17:27 +0800, Doug Campbell wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I recently began using rdiff-backup and have been > > > successful in automating > > > > backups of my Xserve to my Linux server. I also have > > > backups working > > > > somewhat successfully from my Windows 2000 Server to my > > > Linux server. > > > > > > > > Currently on my Windows 2000 server, I have installed the > > > "Windows" version > > > > packaged by Solutions First and I am using the > rdiff-backup.bat file > > > > contained in that package. > > > > > > > > If I do something like this: > > > > > > > > rdiff-backup.bat d:/Source > [EMAIL PROTECTED]::/backup/win2k > > > > > > > > Everything works fine. > > > > > > > > But I want to back up more than one directory on the D: > > > drive and so I would > > > > like to do something like: > > > > > > > > rdiff-backup.bat > > > --include-globbing-filelist=backup_list.txt --exclude d:/ > > > > d:/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]::/backup/win2k > > > > > > > > Backup_list.txt contains > > > > > > > > D:\sourcedir1 > > > > D:\sourcedir2 > > > > > > > > No matter what I try (changing \ to / and such in both the > > > command line and > > > > the backup_list.txt file) the best result I get is that the > > > win2k directory > > > > is created on the Linux server and an rdiff-backup... > > > directory is created > > > > under it. > > > > > > > > Does this include and exclude functionality not work if you > > > are on a Windows > > > > machine? > > > > > > > > Any insights as to what I am doing wrong? > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] > > > > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > > > > Wiki URL: > > > > http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.15/223 - Release > Date: 1/6/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.15/223 - Release Date: 1/6/2006 _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
