Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup for windows has a problem with root directory

[Patrick Nagel]

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ahd71 wrote:
| Yes I tried all combination I could imagine except changing the working
directory (smart thinking!!!).
| Unfortunatly it didn't work either. Maybee I'm doing something wrong with my
'globbing-file'?
|
| My goal is to backup a windows client's c-drive in one session but just
specific folders and then having a globbing file which looks like this example:
|
| c:\users\...\Desktop
| c:\program\xyz\settings
| c:\someother_directory
|
| BR / ahd71

Did you try \\ instead of \? That's what I would do on Linux (because
otherwise I couldn't even go past the shell). And the fact that every
programming language I know uses \ to escape certain characters makes me think
that this could be necessary for python / rdiff-backup, too.

Patrick.

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