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Re: [Duplicity-talk] Windows alternative to duplicity
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Kenneth Loafman |
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Re: [Duplicity-talk] Windows alternative to duplicity |
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Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:48:33 -0500 |
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Robin Smidsrød wrote:
> address@hidden wrote:
>> You may wish to investigate cygwin. While I don't use it with
>> duplicity specifically, I use it with rsync and other Linux apps
>> dealing with backups and it is a workable solution.
>>
> Thank your for the smart hint. I'll have a look and see if I can figure
> it out. If anyone have a solution for this specific purpose, go ahead.
>
> But there is one catch though, the Windows utility needs to support
> shadow copying, or else it won't get hold of open files like your
> registry and stuff... I assume that duplicity won't work with this?
Cygwin will allow you to do the backups you need. The only file I know
of that causes problems is the swap file itself, and you probably do not
need to back that up.
...Ken
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