From: Eric Bollengier Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:27:54 +0000 (+0000) Subject: ebl Small update on win32 chapter (should be rewrite) X-Git-Tag: Release-3.0.0~294 X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f87a534ec1d12f9e508dc4b8cbd09ba247519d2e;p=bacula%2Fdocs ebl Small update on win32 chapter (should be rewrite) --- diff --git a/docs/manuals/en/concepts/win32.tex b/docs/manuals/en/concepts/win32.tex index 3ff7d78f..ccad87d3 100644 --- a/docs/manuals/en/concepts/win32.tex +++ b/docs/manuals/en/concepts/win32.tex @@ -369,11 +369,7 @@ non-portable backups. That is files and their data that are backed up on WinNT using the native API calls (BackupRead/BackupWrite) cannot be restored on Win95/98/Me or Unix systems. In principle, a file backed up on WinNT can be restored on WinXP, but this remains to be seen in practice -(not yet tested). In addition, the stand-alone tools such as {\bf bls} and -{\bf bextract} cannot be used to retrieve the data for those files because -those tools are not available on Windows. All restores must use the Bacula -{\bf restore} command. As of Bacula 1.39.x, thanks to Thorsten Engel, this -restriction is removed, and Bacula should be able to read non-portable +(not yet tested). Bacula should be able to read non-portable backups on any system and restore the data appropriately. However, on a system that does not have the BackupRead/BackupWrite calls (older Windows versions and all Unix/Linux machines), though the file data