On 25/03/2021 07:29, reg.rdiff_bac...@excel4x.com wrote:
I plan to use rdiff-backup on Windows using Windows networking - e.g. drive
letter for remote file access. I have a mirrored copy of files already on
the backup system.
1) Can I run rdiff-backup for the first time with a pre-populated backup
directory?
2) Do I need to set any options or configuration to make sure rdiff-backup
correctly processes this populated backup directory so that subsequent
changes will be archived, etc.?
The answer to your first question is no, you should let rdiff-backup
populate its own backup directory.
BTW, I use rdiff-backup (via my own TimeDicer
https://www.timedicer.co.uk) for backing up data from Windows machines
to a Linux server and it works very well (connecting via ssh not mapped
network drives). rdiff-backup *to* a Windows destination is the path
less trodden, there may be dragons.
