Re: [rdiff-backup-users] OSX and capital letters issue? + restore problems

[Andrew Ferguson]

Sébastien Biner wrote:
> Thanks for the help.
> After I wrote my email, I finally found that my problem was already
> mentionned on the mailing list. Sorry I should have looked more carefully.
> I have installed rdiff-backup with fink so I have version 0.13.4-1. From
> the man I though I could not use the --override-chars-to-quote '' option
> but it works anyways. I now have directory and file with capital letter
> in the backup.
> 
> My problem right now is that I am unable to make a restore from my
> backup. At the end of this email you will find the script and its
> output. I am clueless as to what is the problem, since the directory
> where the problem seems to happen is identical in the original and in
> the backup (this is why I list these directories in the middle of the
> script).

You need to put --override-chars-to-quote '' every time you call
rdiff-backup. For example, you need it in the line:
rdiff-backup -r now /Users/biner/BACKUP toto
it should be:
rdiff-backup --verride-chars-to-quote '' -r now /Users/biner/BACKUP toto

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