Re: Backup from different hard drives on Windows

Hi,

there is no real solution, you backup each drive to a different repository=
=2E
You could also try to use cygwin, which knows the concept of a root for Wi=
ndows, but I've never tried if rdiff-backup actually works correctly with i=
t=2E

KR=2E Eric

On August 13, 2024 2:41:16 AM UTC, pbn1k via Any discussion of rdiff-backu=
p <rdiff-backup-users@nongnu=2Eorg> wrote:
>First, I=E2=80=99d like to thank the developers for their hard work=2E
>
>I need to backup two folders located on different hard drives=2E My file =
list:
>
>C:/directory1
>D:/directory2
>
>I use the following command:
>
>rdiff-backup=2Eexe backup --include-globbing-filelist C:/path/to/filelist=
 --exclude '**' C:/ E:/
>
>Unsurprisingly, this command fails because the list contains a directory =
on drive D=2E I can only choose one drive as source (in this case C) becaus=
e there=E2=80=99s no equivalent of a Linux root directory in Windows (=E2=
=80=9C/=E2=80=9D)=2E
>
>How do I solve this?
>
>Thanks in advance,Johan