Re: [Duplicity-talk] scp/sftp backup fails (but not consistently)

[Mark Wardle]

On 7 Oct 2008, at 13:07, Kenneth Loafman wrote:

> Mark Wardle wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am having a similar problem.
> >
> > I get 60k upload speeds and the file appears to transfer completely.
> >
> > duplicity --encrypt-key=XXXX --sign-key=XXXX -v9 /home/mark $ 
> > {TARGET}/home_mark
> >
> >
> > Running 'scp  /tmp/duplicity-h4YJLd-tempdir/mktemp-RszhiG-2
> > address@hidden:eldritch/home_mark/duplicity-full. 
> > 2008-10-07T10:54:26+01:00.vol1.difftar.gpg'
> > (attempt #4)
> > State = copying, Before = 'mktemp-RszhiG-2
> >    0%    0     0.0KB/s   --:--'
> > State = copying, Before = 'mktemp-RszhiG-2
> >   41% 2112KB   2.1MB/s   00:01'
> > <----- cut ---->
> > State = copying, Before = 'mktemp-RszhiG-2
> >  100% 5116KB  91.4KB/s   00:56'
> > Timeout waiting for response
> >
> >
> > Each attempt occurs similarly. Not entirely consistently however, but
> > the timeout occurs when scp shows 100%. Presumably, this is a network
> > timeout or bottleneck probably (remote server via public internet and
> > slow ADSL).
> >
> > Any simple way of increasing timeout limit?
>
> Use the option --timeout=100 to set a 100 second timeout.  I don't  
> know
> if that will help, but it may.



Works perfectly.

Many thanks,

Mark


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Mark Wardle
Specialist registrar, Neurology
Cardiff, United Kingdom