Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Recovery to Linux from Windows

[Stefan Lisowski]

On 6/6/2013 6:20 PM, Joe Steele wrote:
> On 6/6/2013 5:50 PM, Stefan Lisowski wrote:
>
> > address@hidden
> > /cygdrive/k/backups/bigboy_backups_rdiff/opt/;080lone-2.5.5/zeocl
> > uster
> > $ rdiff-backup  -v 5 -r 1h Products /opt/Products
> > Using rdiff-backup version 1.2.8
> > Unable to import module xattr.
> > Extended attributes not supported on filesystem at
> > /cygdrive/k/backups/bigboy_ba
> > ckups_rdiff/rdiff-backup-data
>
> Okay.  It looks like the root of your backup is in:
>
> /cygdrive/k/backups/bigboy_backups_rdiff/,
>
> and that you are descending into the backup tree to:
>
> /cygdrive/k/backups/bigboy_backups_rdiff/opt/;080lone-2.5.5/zeocluster,
>
> and from there executing:
>
> rdiff-backup  -v 5 -r 1h Products /opt/Products
>
> You may be having problems because the path leading to the current 
> directory where you are running the command has encoded characters.
>
> Either try using a full, unencoded path on the command line:
>
> rdiff-backup  -v 5 -r 1h 
> /cygdrive/k/backups/bigboy_backups_rdiff/opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/Products 
> /opt/Products
>
> or move to the root of the backup tree and use a relative path:
>
> cd /cygdrive/k/backups/bigboy_backups_rdiff
>
> rdiff-backup  -v 5 -r 1h opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/Products 
> /opt/Products
Oh, I can't believe it!!! I tried the latter and it worked!

cd /cygdrive/k/backups/bigboy_backups_rdiff
rdiff-backup  -v 5 -r 1h opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/Products /opt/Products

<joyful sounds of a doomed person without backups becoming a person with 
backups after all>

Thanks very much Joe!

- Stefan