Re: [Duplicity-talk] recover difficulties

[Kenneth Loafman]

Ingrid Lohmann wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> lately I installed duplicity on our rootserver.(also with the help o f this 
> mailing list). I use the following backup script:
> 
> ---start---
> #!/bin/bash
> export PASSPHRASE=signtest
> duplicity --encrypt-key "F23AZ111" --sign-key "F23AZ111"   -v9 /var  
> scp://address@hidden//root/backups/var
> ---end---
> 
> IMHO this should backup all files under /var such as for instance the unix 
> logfiles (e.g. /var/log/messages) or files in connection with our internet 
> presence (/var/www/web1/html/index.php)
> 
> In order to test wether its possible to recover a file
> I tried the following shell command:
> 
> duplicity  --encrypt-key "F23AZ111" --sign-key "F23AZ111" --file-to-restore   
> /var/log/mail.info   scp://address@hidden//root/backups/var /root/backuptest

Instead of /var/log/mail.info, use log/mail.info.  Its relative to the
path you saved.  Also, you need to specify the full path to restore,
i.e. /root/backuptest/mail.info.

...Ken

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