Re: rdiff-backup

[Yves Bellefeuille]

> Analyzing the files on rdiff-backup media I found some old MS Office
> files the names of which start "$" (files which were open during
> rdiff-backup).

Did the names actually start with "~$"? Office creates these files
when a file is used, i.e. someone is looking at it or editing it.
Sometimes these files stay behind even though they're no longer used.
Office is responsible for this, not rdiff-backup. Rdiff-backup merely
sees that the file exists and makes a backup.

-- 
Yves Bellefeuille
<yan@storm.ca>