[rdiff-backup-users] Ignoring resource forks

I'm running rdiff-backup on an OS X machine which seems to have an enormous number of resource forks, making backups very time intensive. Even when zero files change, the backup takes ~5 hours, seemingly because of resource forks alone. rdiff-backup produces /enormous/ mirror_meteadata.snapshot

[rdiff-backup-users] HOWTO for Shadow Copy (VSS) on windows

Can someone give me some pointers on how to use rdiff-backup with VSS on windows XP and Server 2003? We need to be able to backup MSSQL, Exchange, and other in-use files and VSS seems to be the best way to do so. Thanks. -- -- Randy Syring RCS Computers Web

[rdiff-backup-users] trouble with paths for rdiff-backup - probably a simple question/answer

My source directory tree looks like this. I only want to back up the latest directory under the-stuff-I-want-to-backup. / -| some-stuff | my-stuff | the-stuff-I-want-to-backup -| 1001 -| 1002 -| 1003 -| 1004 The numbered directories get

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] trouble with paths for rdiff-backup - probably a simple question/answer

Dave wrote: My source directory tree looks like this. I only want to back up the latest directory under the-stuff-I-want-to-backup. / -| some-stuff | my-stuff | the-stuff-I-want-to-backup -| 1001 -| 1002 -| 1003 -| 1004 The

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] trouble with paths for rdiff-backup - probably a simple question/answer

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Matthew Flaschen matthew.flasc...@gatech.edu wrote: Dave wrote: My source directory tree looks like this. I only want to back up the latest directory under the-stuff-I-want-to-backup. / -| some-stuff | my-stuff |