Commit 74318420 authored by bescoto's avatar bescoto

Removed --windows-mode discussion


git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup@565 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109
parent c49b0601
......@@ -121,13 +121,11 @@ some header files in the Makefile:
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Then, whenever you use rdiff-backup to back up or restore from a unix
system to Windows, use the <strong>--windows-mode</strong> switch.
This compensates for some windows file systems' inability to store
hard links, symlinks, device files, sockets, fifos, case sensitive
filenames, and filenames with colons (":") in them. No information
will be lost however, because rdiff-backup stores metadata in a
separate file.
XXX The above information is old, point to newer porting efforts?
Although some windows filesystems lack features like fifos, case
sensitive filenames, or files with colons (":") in them, this should
be autodetected and compensated for by rdiff-backup.
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