stevef, tried several similar commands and kept getting errors (not showing all those results since it's mute now) then saw your instructions. I had used a different folder in the temp directory per some other instructions, but changed to what you suggested, then ran this:
name[member=7193]Name[/member]-Vostro-200:~$ duplicity --gio file:///media/name/backupdisk/BACKUPS/XPS /home/name/extracthere --no-encryption
Warning: Option --gio is pending deprecation and will be removed in a future release.
Use of default filenames is strongly suggested.
Synchronizing remote metadata to local cache...
Deleting local /home/name/.cache/duplicity/b67cee400071617f5851271751eec4bf/duplicity-full-signatures.20200805T052212Z.sigtar.gz (not authoritative at backend).
Deleting local /home/name/.cache/duplicity/b67cee400071617f5851271751eec4bf/duplicity-full.20200805T052212Z.manifest (not authoritative at backend).
Last full backup date: none
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1532, in <module>
with_tempdir(main)
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1526, in with_tempdir
fn()
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1380, in main
do_backup(action)
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1457, in do_backup
restore(col_stats)
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 722, in restore
restore_get_patched_rop_iter(col_stats)):
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 744, in restore_get_patched_rop_iter
backup_chain = col_stats.get_backup_chain_at_time(time)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/collections.py", line 970, in get_backup_chain_at_time
raise CollectionsError("No backup chains found")
CollectionsError: No backup chains found
Notice the word "deleting" in the results above?? Now, the XPS folder is empty and everything is in my trash folder - with a lock on them, so unable to restore :'( :'( .
Now researching how to restore files from trash that are locked
name[member=7193]Name[/member]-Vostro-200:~$ duplicity --gio file:///media/name/backupdisk/BACKUPS/XPS /home/name/extracthere --no-encryption
Warning: Option --gio is pending deprecation and will be removed in a future release.
Use of default filenames is strongly suggested.
Synchronizing remote metadata to local cache...
Deleting local /home/name/.cache/duplicity/b67cee400071617f5851271751eec4bf/duplicity-full-signatures.20200805T052212Z.sigtar.gz (not authoritative at backend).
Deleting local /home/name/.cache/duplicity/b67cee400071617f5851271751eec4bf/duplicity-full.20200805T052212Z.manifest (not authoritative at backend).
Last full backup date: none
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1532, in <module>
with_tempdir(main)
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1526, in with_tempdir
fn()
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1380, in main
do_backup(action)
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1457, in do_backup
restore(col_stats)
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 722, in restore
restore_get_patched_rop_iter(col_stats)):
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 744, in restore_get_patched_rop_iter
backup_chain = col_stats.get_backup_chain_at_time(time)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/collections.py", line 970, in get_backup_chain_at_time
raise CollectionsError("No backup chains found")
CollectionsError: No backup chains found
Notice the word "deleting" in the results above?? Now, the XPS folder is empty and everything is in my trash folder - with a lock on them, so unable to restore :'( :'( .
Now researching how to restore files from trash that are locked