Re: [Duplicity-talk] merge full and incremental on backup side

[Erno Kovacs]

Okay, then I need a helper script, which I could run on the
backup side for doing the merge.

> Duplicity assumes that the only functions available on the remote
> are PUT, GET, LIST, and DELETE, in other words, a dumb remote. 
> Merging a full backup would require that it be brought back to the
> local machine, modified, and uploaded to the remote.
>
> I've thought of ways to do this with remotes that support rsync,
> but not many people use that, so it's essentially an academic exercise at 
> this point.
>
> ...Ken