Re: [Duplicity-talk] Restoring from the last full backup (Re: Difficulties with restore: 'Could not restore the following files. Please make sure you are able to write to them.')

[edgar . soldin]

hey Andrew,

On 15.11.2021 11:01, andrew via Duplicity-talk wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> How do I force duplicity to restore from the last full backup which it made? 
> I can see the options for creating a new full back-up but not restoring it. 
> Indeed, how do I find out when the last full backup was made.
>
> The manual (this one: https://linux.die.net/man/1/duplicity) isn't at all 
> helpful in this regard. Thanks.

the most recent official online man page is located on 
https://duplicity.nongnu.org/docs.html
under Synopsis you find
"
duplicity [restore] [options] [--file-to-restore <relpath>] [--time time] 
source_url target_directory
"

you do _not_ select a backup but rather a point in time to restore . accepted 
time formats are explained here.

you may consult your output.txt which contains a human readable list of your 
backup chains or utilize
"
duplicity collection-status [options] [--file-changed <relpath>] target_url
"
to show them again.

your current backup chain (latest) contains the corruption, so choose the chain 
before and give a point in time after the full but before the next incremental.

good luck ..ede/duply.net

ps. you still owe us answers to our questions from before.