Re: [Duplicity-talk] Duplicity wiped out my server

[edgar . soldin]

On 06.05.2015 10:27, address@hidden wrote:
> OK folks, this software is truly DANGEROUS. The command line is incredibly 
> obscure and counter-intuitive, and just trying to SIMPLY restore a single 
> file resulted in duplicity WIPING OUT the entire root file system. What the 
> hell?
> 
> I can't say what I typed exactly because as I said the server is gone and the 
> commandlines are friggin complicated and long, however, I pretty damn well 
> remember that I included the "file-to-restore /path/to/blabla.ext" option, 
> and why the FUCK can this result in the software deleting everything? The 
> instruction I gave it is clear: RESTORE A SINGLE DAMN FILE. It was NOT: 
> "ERASE ALL FILES"!
> 
> Now if this were paid software I would at least ask for a refund, however, 
> obviously I'll stop using it and warn everyone I'll ever talk to about even 
> considering its use. It's no surprise that mostly everyone I know, even big 
> corporations, still simply make fucking tar archives.
> 

1. work on your manners, please.
2. use duply, if the command lines are too complex for you.
3. and most importantly, as a feature duplicity does not delete or overwrite 
anything on your local filesystem during a restore. it will complain that the 
tatget exists and fail. that's why you always have to restore to a temp 
location and mv it manually from there.

regards.. ede/duply.net