Does rdiff-backup need the use compatible timestamps option on the -l? Or at least override-chars? Is it possible that the other two options have figured it out but the cygwin port hasn't caught on when you try for -l ? Can you upgrade to the development version?
The other option would be can you use ssh to loop back on yourself with an rdiff-backup --server not as an answer but as a work around? Non rdiff-backup note: If you can SSH you can port forward and open RDP on the machine with SSH tunneling (the -L command) if you prefer, then you can use the native port all you like. -- Jason On 30/3/09 6:09 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > One more note, if it makes any difference. > > --- > Under cygwin, it will continue to make diffs, and show multiple > increments in the rdiff-backup-data directory. (i.e. It won't > complain about an incomplete backup, and try to regress the state. It > will continue to make additional diffs, but then choke when you > attempt to list them [or anything else I've tried.]) > > --- > The native Windows version will create fine, as referenced before, > and will list the increments fine. > > However, the cygwin version can't see any valid rdiff archive in the > directory created by the native windows version. But then attempting > to re-list then under the native Windows version works fine. > > --- > Next: > On the flip side, creating a rdiff (same source/dest) under Cygwin > and then attempting to list is a bust. However, then listing that > same rdiff repository (created under cygwin) with the Windows > version shows it working fine, as does a "--verify-at-time now" > > --- > I'm using this same cygwin setup on XP with no problems at all, and I > guess I could switch to the Windows native port, but doing any remote > SSH stuff isn't nearly as easy that way, so I'd prefer to get cygwin > working... > > --- > Addl facts: > Source and dest are two different drives in the same system. > Tested on two different w2003 setups using different hardware. > No unusual RAID or anything else to contend with. > Drives appear to function just fine. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
