Duplicity

Updated: 21 March 2024

Backup to a USB thumbdrive

export PASSPHRASE=mypassphrase
duplicity --exclude ~/MyFiles/music ~/MyFiles file:///media/chris/ThumbDrive
unset PASSPHRASE

Verify backup and show any new differences

export PASSPHRASE=mypassphrase
duplicity verify --verbosity 4 --compare-data --exclude ~/MyFiles/music file:///media/chris/ThumbDrive ~/MyFiles
unset PASSPHRASE

Restore to a new location

export PASSPHRASE=mypassphrase
duplicity file:///media/chris/ThumbDrive ~/Desktop/my-restore
unset PASSPHRASE

Restore one folder to a new location

duplicity --file-to-restore dir_to_restore file:///media/my_backup ~/Desktop/restore_here

Cache files are located at ~/.cache/duplicity

List files in backup

duplicity list-current-files file:///media/the_backup_dir