Re: this command line interface is deprecated

rdiff-backup -v9 --api-version 201 backup --print-statistics testingbackup testingbackup-backup

On July 15, 2023 7:17:43 PM UTC, Wayne Sallee <[email protected]> wrote:
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>-------- Original Message --------
>*Subject: *  Re: this command line interface is deprecated (resent)
>*From: *     Ericzolf <[email protected]>
>*To: *         Rdiff-backup-users <[email protected]>
>*CC: *
>*Date: *      2023-7-15  09:15 AM
>> Hi,
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>> On 15/07/2023 13:33, Wayne Sallee wrote:
>>> rdiff-backup --api-version 201 -v9 --print-statistics testingbackup testingbackup-backup
>>> usage: rdiff-backup [-h] [--api-version API_VERSION] [--current-time CURRENT_TIME] [--force] [--fsync | --no-fsync]
>>>                      [--null-separator] [--new | --no-new] [--chars-to-quote CHARS] [--parsable-output]
>>>                      [--remote-schema REMOTE_SCHEMA] [--remote-tempdir DIR_PATH] [--ssh-compression | --no-ssh-compression]
>>>                      [--tempdir DIR_PATH] [--terminal-verbosity {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}] [--use-compatible-timestamps]
>>>                      [-v {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}] [-V]
>>> {backup,calculate,compare,complete,info,list,regress,remove,restore,server,test,verify} ...
>>> rdiff-backup: error: argument action: invalid choice: 'testingbackup' (choose from 'backup', 'calculate', 'compare', 'complete', 'info', 'list', 'regress', 'remove', 'restore', 'server', 'test', 'verify')
>>>
>>> But this works with api warning:
>>> rdiff-backup -v9 --print-statistics testingbackup testingbackup-backup
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>> Yes, but if you use the new API, you also _must_ use the new CLI, where a command is mandatory, e.g. backup, with something like:
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>> rdiff-backup -v9 --api-version 201 --print-statistics backup \
>>     testingbackup testingbackup-backup
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>> KR, Eric
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>rdiff-backup -v9 --api-version 201 --print-statistics backup testingbackup testingbackup-backup
>usage: rdiff-backup [-h] [--api-version API_VERSION] [--current-time CURRENT_TIME] [--force] [--fsync | --no-fsync]
>                    [--null-separator] [--new | --no-new] [--chars-to-quote CHARS] [--parsable-output]
>                    [--remote-schema REMOTE_SCHEMA] [--remote-tempdir DIR_PATH] [--ssh-compression | --no-ssh-compression]
>                    [--tempdir DIR_PATH] [--terminal-verbosity {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}] [--use-compatible-timestamps]
>                    [-v {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}] [-V]
>{backup,calculate,compare,complete,info,list,regress,remove,restore,server,test,verify} ...
>rdiff-backup: error: unrecognized arguments: --print-statistics
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>Wayne Sallee
>[email protected]
>http://www.WayneSallee.com
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