Re: duplicity: error: no such option: --exclude /proc

Jeffrey Walton via Duplicity-talk <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.duplicity.general
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On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM Thomas Laubrock <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Please share the duplicity command line which is effectively executed. Otherwise it is hard to guess what's going on.
> '--exclude' is a supported parameter. I assume an issue with the script.
>
> Keep in mind, that your duplicity Version is pretty old.

Yeah, that's what Debian provides. I have no control over it.

Jeff

> On 5 February 2025 09:02:53 CET, Jeffrey Walton via Duplicity-talk <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I'm working on Debian 12/Bookworm. I am trying to take a backup using
>> Duplicity 0.8.22. The backup script is located at
>> <https://github.com/weidai11/website/blob/master/systemd/bitvise-backup#L184>.
>>
>> When the script runs it produces an error:
>>
>>   Usage:
>>     duplicity [full|incremental] [options] source_dir target_url
>>     duplicity [restore] [options] source_url target_dir
>>      ...
>>     duplicity: error: no such option: --exclude /proc
>>
>> Here are machine details:
>>
>>     # command -v duplicity
>>     /usr/bin/duplicity
>>     # duplicity --version
>>     duplicity 0.8.22
>>
>>     # lsb_release -a
>>     Distributor ID: Debian
>>     Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
>>     Release:        12
>>     Codename:       bookworm
>>
>> The script used to work. I don't recall any recent changes.
>>
>> Does someone see anything wrong with the script?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.

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