[SOLVED] Duplicity Backups Do Not Appear in Destination Location

scorchgeek · 05-03-2012, 05:22 PM

I'm trying to set up a backup using duplicity. I'm backing up to my server in the basement, over a LAN. I can run duplicity just fine, with no errors--but the files don't appear in the destination directory. Yet I can verify and restore just fine!

I can scp files to that directory (using scp protocol for duplicity as well) and they show up normally. I also tried ls -al (as root, for good measure) to double-check that duplicity doesn't hide files.

To back up, I used the command:

Code:

soren@Alice:~$ duplicity /home/soren/Anki scp://soren@ser/mnt/fileserver/hello --encrypt-key 473B661D

("ser" is set to the server's ip address in /etc/hosts; I tried with the IP just in case)

...and to restore:

Code:

soren@Alice:~$ duplicity scp://soren@ser/mnt/fileserver/hello /home/soren/restoration --encrypt-key 473B661D

The files appear in the "restoration" directory as expected after running restore. It's like duplicity is copying and retrieving files from a black hole.

Am I just using ls wrong or something? I feel like it's probably going to be something stupid, but I can't think of what it would be.

scorchgeek · 05-03-2012, 05:38 PM

As I thought, I was being stupid. I forgot a double slash in the command; it should have been

Code:

soren@Alice:~$ duplicity /home/soren/Anki scp://soren@ser//mnt/fileserver/hello --encrypt-key 473B661D

So the files landed in /home/soren/mnt/fileserver/hello instead of /mnt/fileserver/hello as they should have. Hope this helps the next person who isn't paying attention...