Re: [Duplicity-talk] cannot verify or restore

[mictlan tecutli]

problem solved. the cause was a lack of understanting of --include, --exclude 
syntax, and how paths were formed from the root directory. i was trying to just 
verify a part of the backup as shown below:

#duplicity  -v9 --exclude '/home/*/.gnupg' --include '/var/spool/cron/crontabs' 
--include '/var/backups' --include '/etc' --include '/root' --include 
'/home/kev' --include '/home/luc' --include '/usr/local/bin' --include 
'/usr/local/sbin' --include '/var/lib/dpkg/status' --include 
'/var/lib/dpkg/status-old' --exclude '**' / 
scp://address@hidden//home/kev/backup/lucio

#duplicity verify -v9 scp://address@hidden//home/kev/backup/lucio /home/kev
Verify complete: 2453 files compared, 2453 differences found.

when the verify command should have been:

#duplicity verify -v9 scp://address@hidden//home/kev/backup/lucio
--exclude '/home/*/.gnupg' --include '/var/spool/cron/crontabs'
--include '/var/backups' --include '/etc' --include '/root' --include
'/home/kev' --include '/home/luc' --include '/usr/local/bin' --include
'/usr/local/sbin' --include '/var/lib/dpkg/status' --include
'/var/lib/dpkg/status-old' --exclude '**' /

which, together with the notes from you all about how paths are formed, was the 
clue i needed to restore something:

#duplicity --file-to-restore home/kev/my.txt
scp://address@hidden//home/kev/backup/lucio /home/kev/tmp/hey.it.worked.txt

$cat /home/kev/hey.it.worked.txt
hi

thanks folks!!!
kevin


On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 10:40:21 -0500
Jacob <address@hidden> wrote:

> As Richard pointed out, duplicity can be very picky about how paths are 
> specified. If your backup line was something like:
> 
> duplicity /home/user protocol:///some/remote/location
> 
> ....and you want to restore file /home/user/Mail/trash/2324, you'd only write 
> everything after the root folder:
> 
> duplicity --file-to-restore Mail/trash/2324 protocol:///some/remote/ocation 
> /any/local/location
> 
> On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 18:33:19 -0600
> mictlan tecutli <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > after backing up files with duplicty, i cannot verify or restore them. i 
> > can confirm that the ssh conexion is made and manifest, signature and 
> > difftar files appear in the destination server. i can list them with: 
> > duplicity list-current-files ...
> > 
> > however if i do: duplicity verify ...
> > i get: Verify complete: 2437 files compared, 2437 differences found
> > 
> > and if if i do duplicity restore --file-to-restore ... 
> > it says the file is not in the archive.
> > 
> > there is an ubuntu bug report which seems to mention the problem, but the 
> > report applies to version 0.4.2 and python2.5:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/feisty/+source/duplicity/+bug/88617
> > 
> > i have:
> > duplicity version: 0.4.11 (from debian backuports)
> > python2.4
> > 
> > thanks,  
> > kevin
> > 
> > 
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> 
> -- 
>     Jacob
> 
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