[rdiff-backup-users] Status of native Windows port?

2008-07-28 Thread Patrick Nagel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I read a lot about a native Windows port of rdiff-backup going on. Andrew Ferguson mentioned it (stating that he thinks it's finished) in the announcement of version 1.1.17, for example. Now I have a few questions, regarding this port: * Is it

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Status of native Windows port?

2008-07-28 Thread Josh Nisly
Attached is the script that I've been using to build rdiff-backup. Just run the script without arguments. It downloads and builds librsync and rdiff-backup in a temp folder, and creates an output folder with rdiff-backup.exe inside. The resulting executable does not need python to be

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Status of native Windows port?

2008-07-28 Thread Michael Loeckle
Josh, I have VS 2003 but rarely use it. So, I'm not immediately sure what kind of script this is and how to use it. Would you mind briefly describing how to get this going with VS 2003? Thanks, Mike On Jul 28, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Josh Nisly wrote: Attached is the script that I've been

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Status of native Windows port?

2008-07-28 Thread Michael Loeckle
Thanks, that worked. I appreciate it. Mike On Jul 28, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Josh Nisly wrote: The build script is a python script, so you'll need to install python 2.5 to run it. After installing python, open the Visual Studio 2003 command prompt, and run the script from the command prompt