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Updated How to enable VSS for rclone (markdown)

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How-to-enable-VSS-for-rclone.md

@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ Let's say that I want to sync c:\data\ to the cloud.
1 - Create a file named vs.cmd:
vshadow.exe -nw -script=setvar.cmd -exec=exec.cmd c:
vshadow.exe -nw -script=setvars.cmd -exec=exec.cmd c:
2 - Create a file named exec.cmd file:
call setvar.cmd
call setvars.cmd
mklink /d c:\snapshot\ %shadow_device_1%\
rclone sync c:\snapshot\data\ dest:data
rmdir c:\snapshot\ /q
@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ That is all it takes to create a shadow mount.
When vs.cmd is run, it will execute vshadow.exe.
vshadow.exe will:
1. Create a file named setvar-vshadow.cmd will some variables that needs to be passed to exec.cmd.
1. Create a file named setvars.cmd will some variables that needs to be passed to exec.cmd.
2. Create the snapshot.
3. Execute exec.cmd.
exec.cmd will:
1. Call setvar-vshadow.cmd, to load the variiables created by vshadow.exe.
1. Call setvars.cmd, to load the variiables created by vshadow.exe.
2. Create a symbolc link to the snapshot.
3. Run rclone with the source as c:\snapshot\data\, not c:\data\.
4. Delete the symbolc link.
@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ So I will give you 3 workarounds for clear code for exec.cmd.
--- Use SUBST command.
call setvar.cmd
call setvars.cmd
mklink /d c:\snapshot\ %shadow_device_1%\
subst t: c:\
rclone sync t:\snapshot\data\ dest:data
@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ So I will give you 3 workarounds for clear code for exec.cmd.
--- Use NET USE command
call setvar.cmd
call setvars.cmd
mklink /d c:\snapshot\ %shadow_device_1%\
net share snapshot=c:\
rclone sync \\localhost\snapshot\data\ dest:data
@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ So I will give you 3 workarounds for clear code for exec.cmd.
Create a new drive and use that for the mount point.
Most computers will not have free space to create a new drive. So shrink your c: drive by just 1MB and use that space to create new partition and name it the b: drive. Since the b: drive will only be used to mount the vss point, 1MB is plenty of space.
call setvar.cmd
call setvars.cmd
mklink /d b:\snapshot\ %shadow_device_1%\
rclone sync b:\snapshot\data\ dest:data
rmdir b:\snapshot\ /q