12-03-2020, 04:11 PM
stevef,
Yes, I have recovered all my original files. Believe me, I wish I knew how it happened!
Did it happen when I ran the "duplicity --gio file" command you gave me and the files were deleted? Don't know since I was only seeing the locked files in the trash.
Or did it happen when I ran the command "trash-restore"? I don't know, since I ran it after that "duplicity --gio file" command and before I could see the hidden folder.
When I tried the "unhide hidden files" I could still see the locked files in the trash folder under File Manager, but the files in the "un-hidden" trash folder on the physical backup drive were not locked. That is how I was able to transfer them to my documents folder.
I had tried the "duplicity --gio file" command once before, from the link you'd provided, but had similar errors - except for the "deleting" part.
The one thing that was different between the first and second time I ran the command, was I had renamed the drive. It had defaulted to something with spaces in the name (Dell Portable HDD) when I first got it. I renamed to something without spaces just before you sent your instructions, then I also changed the name of the recovery folder to exactly what you used - although I doubt that had any bearing on the result. But did removing the spaces from the drive name? I don't know. Since each time I tried something after the second "gio" command when the backup folder was emptied, all I was seeing was the locked files - until I selected "show hidden files".
Using deja-dup is really straight-forward (prefer the gui), I wish it had worked. Would it have worked if I had changed the drive name at that time? Don't know, since I didn't try it again after that and before trying "gio" again. But since I used deja-dup to create the backup on the drive with the long name with spaces, shouldn't it have "accepted" it in the restore process? It kept saying there was no backup file, when clearly it was there.
I have wondered if it didn't work because I was attempting to restore to a different computer, or because it was created on a 64bit pc, and I was attempting to restore on a 32bit pc. I was using an old PC to attempt the recovery because I wasn't sure how it would exactly work, if it restored my system by overwriting what was there I didn't want to use our desktop or my replacement laptop and erase anything current. Irony - that old pentium3 pc, 2GB ram, LL3.8 works way better than the used laptop I got which is i5-7200 and 8GB ram!! Still trying to figure that out and decide if I'm keeping the laptop.
I will try creating a backup with deja-dup and restoring on the same drive - in that old pc. Maybe I'll try 2 different ways - with/without spaces in the drive name. Going to try to format that SSD drive first - hoping to be able to use it for another backup drive. I will post back when testing is complete. I will also look at grsync.
Yes, I have recovered all my original files. Believe me, I wish I knew how it happened!
Did it happen when I ran the "duplicity --gio file" command you gave me and the files were deleted? Don't know since I was only seeing the locked files in the trash.
Or did it happen when I ran the command "trash-restore"? I don't know, since I ran it after that "duplicity --gio file" command and before I could see the hidden folder.
When I tried the "unhide hidden files" I could still see the locked files in the trash folder under File Manager, but the files in the "un-hidden" trash folder on the physical backup drive were not locked. That is how I was able to transfer them to my documents folder.
I had tried the "duplicity --gio file" command once before, from the link you'd provided, but had similar errors - except for the "deleting" part.
The one thing that was different between the first and second time I ran the command, was I had renamed the drive. It had defaulted to something with spaces in the name (Dell Portable HDD) when I first got it. I renamed to something without spaces just before you sent your instructions, then I also changed the name of the recovery folder to exactly what you used - although I doubt that had any bearing on the result. But did removing the spaces from the drive name? I don't know. Since each time I tried something after the second "gio" command when the backup folder was emptied, all I was seeing was the locked files - until I selected "show hidden files".
Using deja-dup is really straight-forward (prefer the gui), I wish it had worked. Would it have worked if I had changed the drive name at that time? Don't know, since I didn't try it again after that and before trying "gio" again. But since I used deja-dup to create the backup on the drive with the long name with spaces, shouldn't it have "accepted" it in the restore process? It kept saying there was no backup file, when clearly it was there.
I have wondered if it didn't work because I was attempting to restore to a different computer, or because it was created on a 64bit pc, and I was attempting to restore on a 32bit pc. I was using an old PC to attempt the recovery because I wasn't sure how it would exactly work, if it restored my system by overwriting what was there I didn't want to use our desktop or my replacement laptop and erase anything current. Irony - that old pentium3 pc, 2GB ram, LL3.8 works way better than the used laptop I got which is i5-7200 and 8GB ram!! Still trying to figure that out and decide if I'm keeping the laptop.
I will try creating a backup with deja-dup and restoring on the same drive - in that old pc. Maybe I'll try 2 different ways - with/without spaces in the drive name. Going to try to format that SSD drive first - hoping to be able to use it for another backup drive. I will post back when testing is complete. I will also look at grsync.