Re: [Duplicity-talk] decryption failure in duplicity replicate

[edgar . soldin]

On 25.08.2021 10:51, Jeffrey Walton via Duplicity-talk wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 3:35 AM zga9uhnq4g--- via Duplicity-talk
SNIP
>
> This may be helpful to use in your script. I use it to trigger a full
> backup every three months to help keep backup sets manageable. I think
> it would have helped you since you would have a full backup to use
> from July 1.
>
> day=$(date +%d)
> if [ "${day}" = "01" ];
> then
>     month=$(date +%m)
>     case ${month} in
>         01|04|07|10)
>           full_backup=full
>           ;;
>         *)
>           ;;
>     esac
> fi
>
> ...
>
> if ! duplicity ${full_backup} <other params ...> ;
> then
>     echo "Failed to backup"
>     exit 1
> fi
>

hey Jeff,

how is that different form duplicity's
"
--full-if-older-than time
Perform a full backup if an incremental backup is requested, but the latest 
full backup in the collection is older than the given time. See the TIME 
FORMATS section for more information.
"
parameter?

..ede