[rdiff-backup-users] help using rdiff-backup on Windows

[Teddy Brown]

Hey all,
I'm having difficulty running rdiff-backup on Windows, both under Cygwin 
and natively.  This program is clearly geared towards real Unix based 
systems so I haven't been able to find many docs to help out.

What I'd like to be able to do is create an include list of files to 
back up.  My source directories are across 3 local hard drives and my 
target is a NAS connected with SMB (actually an Apple Time Capsule).

I simply can't get Cygwin to work, at all to the network drive, it gives 
Python exceptions.

In the native Windows client I get a little further:
C:\Users\Teddy>rdiff-backup --include-filelist backup_list.txt --exclude 
"**" "C:\\/" "\\teddys-time-cap\Data\Backups\win7-desktop"
ListError $INPLACE.~TR [Error 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\\\/$INPLACE.~TR/*.*'
ListError $Recycle.Bin/S-1-5-20 [Error 5] Access is denied: 
'C:\\\\/$Recycle.Bin
/S-1-5-20/*.*'
Warning: file specification 'E:\\/Digital\ Camera\ Pics' in filelist 
backup_list
.txt
doesn't start with correct prefix C:\\.  Ignoring.
Warning: file specification 'F:\\/Users' in filelist backup_list.txt
doesn't start with correct prefix C:\\.  Ignoring.
Fatal Error: Fatal Error: The file specification
    'C:\\/**'
cannot match any files in the base directory
    'C:\\'
Useful file specifications begin with the base directory or some
pattern (such as '**') which matches the base directory.

C:\Users\Teddy>rdiff-backup --include-filelist backup_list.txt --exclude 
"C:\\/*
*" "C:\\/" "\\teddys-time-cap/Data/Backups/win7-desktop"
Found interrupted initial backup. Removing...
ListError $INPLACE.~TR [Error 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\\\/$INPLACE.~TR/*.*'
ListError $Recycle.Bin/S-1-5-20 [Error 5] Access is denied: 
'C:\\\\/$Recycle.Bin
/S-1-5-20/*.*'
Warning: file specification 'E:\\/Digital\ Camera\ Pics' in filelist 
backup_list
.txt
doesn't start with correct prefix C:\\.  Ignoring.
Warning: file specification 'F:\\/Users' in filelist backup_list.txt
doesn't start with correct prefix C:\\.  Ignoring.
Fatal Error: Fatal Error: The file specification
    'C:\\/**'
cannot match any files in the base directory
    'C:\\'
Useful file specifications begin with the base directory or some
pattern (such as '**') which matches the base directory.





backup_list.txt contains:
E:\\/Digital\ Camera\ Pics
F:\\/Users
C:\\/Users


Any help?