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Re: [BackupPC-users] NTFS symbolic links

2011-01-01 15:38:48
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] NTFS symbolic links
From: Denis Jedig <dj AT syneticon DOT de>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2011 21:37:19 +0100
Am 01.01.2011 20:46, schrieb Erik Hjertén:

> I'm using BackupPC to backup a windows Vista computer. I use some
> NTFS symbolic links on it

What you mean is probably not symbolic links but NTFS junctions, 
which behave more like UNIX hard links. I believe none of the 
current rsyncd versions will support junctions. The simple 
solution so far has been to exclude junctions from backup:

http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cdunne/projs/backuppc_guide.html#7Vista

Kind regads,

Denis

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