Re: [rdiff-backup-users] wanted: Open Source disk to disk backup for Windows

[John Goerzen]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 03:14:41PM -0800, Matt Wilkie wrote:
> John Goerzen wrote:
> 
> >Well since you did ask here... doesn't rdiff-backup work for windows?
> 
> The FAQ[0] indicates that it is possible to run rdiff-backup under 
> windows but says only "to a point", indicating a problem with 
> timestamps, which I would think are rather important.
> 
> [0] http://rdiff-backup.stanford.edu/FAQ.html#windows
> 
> I do like the description and feature list of rdiff-backup. There is 
> enough overlap with Infinifsan D2D that I wonder if there are parts of 
> rdiff under the hood.

That FAQ entry is rather dated.  I know I've seen rdiff-backup versions
that work around that timestamp problem.

-- John