Re: duplicity backups are unidirectional? : local_directory -> remote_host

2012-01-25 Thread Andrew Reid
[About remote back-ups w/ duplicity vs. rdiff-backup] I am unfamiliar with duplicity, but use rdiff-backup regularly, as well an rsync/rsnapshot combination. One thing that I like to do is to separate the remote transport from the actual back-up process -- there can be performance penalties

duplicity backups are unidirectional? : local_directory -> remote_host

2012-01-25 Thread Evuraan
duplicity full [options] source_directory target_url Duplicity enters restore mode if it sees the "URL" before the local directory. - this sorta sucks as this mandates the "source" to be a local directory - means I can backup "this" machine's stuff els

Re: Duplicity

2009-10-19 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:53:38AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 11:43:51PM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > > > > wondering if any one is using this, I have been starting to use > > rdiff-backup that got me looking at backupninja and that in turn led me >

Re: Duplicity

2009-10-19 Thread Johann Spies
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 11:43:51PM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > > wondering if any one is using this, I have been starting to use > rdiff-backup that got me looking at backupninja and that in turn led me > to duplicity - looks interesting. the web pages says its still in beta. > >

Duplicity

2009-10-17 Thread Alex Samad
Hi wondering if any one is using this, I have been starting to use rdiff-backup that got me looking at backupninja and that in turn led me to duplicity - looks interesting. the web pages says its still in beta. wondering if any one would like to comment on it - any problems they might have had

Re: Duplicity does not run from cron-script

2008-05-08 Thread Peter Jordan
Sjoerd Hardeman, 05/08/2008 01:15 PM: > Hi all, > > I have a cron script that first calls automysqlbackup for dumping the > database and dumps the package list. After that, it should copy this > plus other stuff to a remote location using duplicity. This script runs > fine when

Duplicity does not run from cron-script

2008-05-08 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
Hi all, I have a cron script that first calls automysqlbackup for dumping the database and dumps the package list. After that, it should copy this plus other stuff to a remote location using duplicity. This script runs fine when executed manually, but when run via cron it does dump the

Re: duplicity, backup to ftp and specifying a user name

2006-05-30 Thread Darin Strait
Ralph Katz wrote: > I've only used duplicity with scp, but maybe you have bug #238677. Bug > report has a work-around. I had seen the issue with no files at the destination referenced elsewhere: http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=2441 I uploaded a small f

Re: duplicity, backup to ftp and specifying a user name

2006-05-29 Thread Ralph Katz
On 05/29/2006 05:30 PM, Darin Strait wrote: > I am attempting to use duplicity to store backups at a remote site > (host.com). > > The ftp user name is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I do not have control over this > name. Simply using someuser will not work. > > If I tell duplicity to u

duplicity, backup to ftp and specifying a user name

2006-05-29 Thread Darin Strait
I am attempting to use duplicity to store backups at a remote site (host.com). The ftp user name is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I do not have control over this name. Simply using someuser will not work. If I tell duplicity to use: ftp://[EMAIL PROTECTED]@host.com duplicity seems to not be able to parse