Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Chinese characters in filenames on Cygwin + Win XP

[Kevin Horton]

I'm not sure you should use the --override-chars-to-quote switch.   
The default behaviour is there to protect files from overwriting each  
other on file systems that have issues with the case of file names.   
The file names are supposed to be recreated in their original form  
during a restore, so this is only a cosmetic issue.

If you do use the --override-chars-to-quote switch, do a test along  
the lines of:

create file with name like: File_Name.txt

Do a backup

Delete file: File_Name.txt, and replace it with file_name.txt, with  
different content.

Do another backup.

Try restoring file_name.txt.  Check the file content to see which  
version it is.

Try restoring File_Name.txt.  Check the file content to see which  
version it is.

Let us know what you learn.

Kevin Horton


On 7 Jan 2007, at 12:34, Qiqi Yan wrote:

> Hi roland,
>
> Thank you very much for the reply.
> From that post, the answer is the --override-chars-to-quote switch  
> (which is not in the man page, possibly because i'm using 1.1.5).  
> So I wrote:
>
> rdiff-backup --override-chars-to-quote true /cygdrive/e/test / 
> cygdrive/e/backup
>
> (is this the right command?)
>
> Unfortunately, the following exception shows up:
>
> Exception '[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/cygdrive/e/backup/ 
> rdiff-backup
> -data/fil;101_s;116a;116is;116ics.2007-01-08T00:54:41+08:00.da; 
> 116a.gz'' raised
> of class 'exceptions.IOError':
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",  
> line 295, in err
> or_check_Main
>     try: Main(arglist)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",  
> line 315, in Mai
> n
> ..
> ..(it's very long)
> ..
>
> What's wrong? I noticed the semicolons in the file name mentioned  
> in the message, which I guess is the cause. (semicolons are not  
> allowed in MS windows.) Do they appear because of --override-chars- 
> to-quote? Any way to get around it?
>
> I've little experience with cygwin or linux. Hope I've been clear  
> enough.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Best,
> Qiqi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>; "Qiqi Yan" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 11:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Chinese characters in filenames  
> on Cygwin + Win XP
>
>
> Quqi,
>
> just go to the mailinglist archive and look into some posts just  
> before this one - there was just some other person asking for this  
> some days ago.
> it`s a feature!
>
> regards
> roland
>
>
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Qiqi Yan <address@hidden>
> > Gesendet: 07.01.07 16:47:07
> > An: <address@hidden>
> > Betreff: [rdiff-backup-users] Chinese characters in filenames on  
> > Cygwin + Win XP
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am new to rdiff-backup, whose idea is attractive to me. So I  
> > just installed rdiff-backup on my Cygwin + Win XP. But when I  
> > tried to backup a file with Chinese characters in filename, in the  
> > backup dir, its filename became like ";195;164;201;243.htm".
> >
> > How can I resolve this? This happens on both NTFS and FAT32. I  
> > wonder if it is related to the "Extended file name" test, which is  
> > false on my computer.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Qiqi Yan