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Duplicity is a program for making encrypted bandwidth-efficient backups.

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Where does Deja-dup keep its config files?

Deja-dup (now Ubuntu Backup) is just a GUI for duplicity, therefore it should store the config files somewhere. I would like to changed the backup volume size to something like 300MB and the increase the --full-if-older-than variable. is this…
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Can I ignore files by pattern in deja-dup (Backup)?

My Déjà Dup backups have become quiet large and I noticed they contain a huge number of unnecessary files (e.g. *.pyc files, **__pycache__ folders and other build related temporary stuff). I know that I can ignore specific folders, but is there a…
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Extract a Folder from Duplicity Archive

Using the duplicity command, I need to specify the following: a specific folder to restore indicate time and date from which to restore indicate the destination to restore to How can I specify these 3 things using the duplicity command?
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Can I delete incremental backups made with Déjà Dup?

After using Déjà Dup for a while, I keep getting this error after every attempt at a backup: Backup location is too small. Try using one with more space. Could I delete some backups made of certain dates only? For example, could I delete all…
Flimm
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How to exclude all hidden files and folders from duplicity backup

How can I set duplicity to exclude all hidden files and folders from backing them up, without specifying each and every one of them?
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Duplicity Backup Browse

I have made a duplicity backup with Ubuntu 14.04 in another laptop of my home directory. I copied all duplicity back files to my current laptop to "/home/user/Ubuntu-backup" How do i browse the content of that backup see if it is worth restoring? I…
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How do I restore Déjà Dup backups without Déjà Dup?

So I'm trying to restore my backup files with Déjà Dup, however, each time I enter in the correct password, it keeps asking for it over and over again. This seems to be a bug, and I have found a couple of bug reports already reported on this issue.…
John
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Duplicity - storage location not available, waiting for Google

I recently upgraded Ubuntu from 17.10 to 18.04 LTS and used my usb key as a backup for my files. Now that I am on Ubuntu 18.04, I have a problem with duplicity. In fact, when I run the restore process, the restore windows says "STORAGE LOCATION NOT…
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Why do I get an "Operation not permitted" error when running duplicity as sudo?

Currently I'm backing up my /home/ folder to a usb mounted on /media/liamzebedee/X using duplicity. When I go to restore the folder to the USB however (using sudo), I get the error - Error '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted:…
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Duplicity fails with bad session key error

This is the error: Error processing remote manifest (duplicity-inc.20180712T125810Z.to.20180719T130228Z.manifest.gpg): GPG Failed, see log below: ===== Begin GnuPG log ===== gpg: WARNING: "--no-use-agent" is an obsolete option - it has no…
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Full restore of home directory from backup

Using version 14.04 LTS. I've been using Duplicity to back up my home directory (/home/user) to an external hard drive (/media/user/Backup). I've just reinstalled 14.04 LTS. Now I want to restore my home directory to what it was before the…
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Using duplicity with gzip max compression but without encryption

I would like to use duplicity in order to perform local back-up of one USB external HD (let's call it hd1) to another USB external HD (let's call it hd2). I already use deja-dup (which is based on duplicity) to back-up my home dir to hd2. I have…
Mathieu Dubois
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Extract duplicity files manually

I lost the drive, and the Ubuntu OS installed in it, from which I created a backup using Duplicity, and I don't know how to restore the archived files I still keep in another drive. They all follow these 4…
Luis Martin
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Backup with duplicity on Google Cloud Storage

I have already set a backup routine that backups all my files to Amazon S3 using duplicity. I would like to create a similar backup routine with Google Cloud Storage. Is it possible to get duplicity to work with GCS?
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Backup stops because of claim 'Computer name changed', which is it not true

Using Ubuntu 16.04, deja-dup 34.2, and duplicity 0.7.06. To start a weekly backup I connected the usual external drive with the usual computer, gave the password and received the halt message: The existing backup is of a computer named correctname,…
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