Re: Problems with remote repository access via sftp

On 28/09/2022 23:53, Martin Michel wrote:
> Hi Denis and all,

Hi Martin,

> 
> I have problems with the remote repository access to an archive.
> 
> If I created an archive locally and moved it to a cloud (sftp) storage later, how can I access the archive with `dar` built-in remote repository syntax?
> 
> Here is what I tried (the name of archive is 'first', path to file on server is '~/archives/server4you/first.1.dar'):
>      $ dar_static -va -t sftp://[email protected]/archives/server4you/first
>      Parse error: Error opening directory: archives/server4you : No such file or directory

you should use the full path to the backup: there is no way in an URL to 
specify a relative path (relative to the user's home directory for 
example) so something like this should work:

   dar -va -t sftp://xxxx@host/home/xxx/archive/server4you/first

> 
> It seems that `dar` does not recognize or try the remote connection at all but only looks on my local file system.
> This holds for both my local `dar` command and for the downloaded `dar_static` (all are version 2.7.7)

OK, I will give it a try, (normally this should be covered by automated 
tests done before each release...)

> Libcurl is enabled and besides `dar`, I can access the sftp both with SSH key and password without problems using sftp/ssh commands.
> I have more problems with creating an archive directly on the sftp storage, it worked only in parts and not until a successful end (at least here I could access the sftp server with `dar`, albeit password only)
> 
> That's why I created the archive locally first and transfered it to my cloud storage later.
> 
> The problems I faced with remote archive *creation*, I will write in a different mail, for now I just need to access/read the copied archive on the cloud storage.

OK

> 
> Any help is appreciated, many thanks in advance! >
> Kind regards,
> Martin
> 

Cheers,
Denis