Windows failed: cmd.Start: exec: "ssh": executable file not found in %PATH%

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Hello from Germany,

after using restic on Linux (working like a charm) I got adventurous and try to use restic to backup some Windows clients too.

When I try to init a repo with

restic -r sftp:(user)@(host):/test/restic-repo init

from the command line, I get

failed: cmd.Start: cmd.Start: exec: “ssh”: executable file not found in %PATH%

same error when I try to connect to an existing repo.

I can use ssh on the command line and the path is included in %path%. Is restic internally using a different %path%?

OS is Windows 10 and I can init a repo on the local file system.

Thanks in advance
Richard

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solved it myself, will not delete my question, just in case someone else is also so stupid as I am:

I used the restic_0.14.0_windows_386 binary on a Windows64 system … :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

Thanks for this great software!
Richard

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