Re: [Duplicity-talk] ftp and short filenames prob

[Kenneth Loafman]

Anything with RPM is possible.  The procedures I use should have caught
that, but I'll check to make sure.

...Ken

AJ Weber wrote:
> Yeah, I've tried it both ways.  Interestingly enough, I'm pretty-sure I
> installed from the RPM on the duplicity homepage, yet a --version shows
> 0.4.2 (even though the package name is 0.4.9).  Is it possible that RPM
> never got rebuilt properly?
>  
> I'll try re-installing from tarball.
>  
> -AJ
>  
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Kenneth Loafman <mailto:address@hidden>
>     *To:* AJ Weber <mailto:address@hidden> ; Discussion of the
>     backup program duplicity <mailto:address@hidden>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:27 AM
>     *Subject:* Re: [Duplicity-talk] ftp and short filenames prob
> 
>     AJ,
>      
>     The --verify tells me you are running an older version of duplicity, or
>     trying to run with the older commandline syntax.  The newer syntax
>     separates commands and options clearly, making the command the first
>     argument and leaving off the '--'.  The newest version is 0.4.9 and I
>     would suggest upgrading to that if at all possible.  There have been
>     many improvements over the last several months.
>      
>     Due to the way this NAS device works, it might be better to use the
>     --short-filenames option.  This would give you Windows compatible
>     filenames that would not be munged by the SMB share.
>      
>     ...Ken
>      
>     AJ Weber wrote:
>     > The internal, target-server is a NAS device.  So I can see the
>     > directories via SMB (network share to a PC) or via FTP, etc.  I was
>     > trying to use a "short cut" and view the target directory from my
>     PC by
>     > simply checking the UNC path of that directory and I see crazy
>     filenames
>     > when I do that.  But if I use FTP and do a dir/ls on the directory, it
>     > looks OK.  Must be a problem with that NAS device.
>     > 
>     > Still trying to figure-out why the actual backup doesn't seem
>     > consistent.  I also can't get "verify" option to work properly. 
>     And the
>     > man-page isn't helping me a lot.  I've tried various combos of these,
>     > and it doesn't work (with and without directories on each url) :
>     > 
>     > address@hidden backupCache]# duplicity --verify --encrypt-key
>     > "9C8ED9EA" --sign-key "9C8ED9EA" "ftp://address@hidden/DISK
>     2/duplicity"
>     > Command line error: Too few arguments
>     > See the duplicity manual page for instructions
>     > address@hidden backupCache]# duplicity verify --verbosity 5
>     > --encrypt-key "9C8ED9EA" --sign-key "9C8ED9EA" /misc/nasdisk1/LM
>     > "ftp://address@hidden/DISK 2/duplicity"
>     > Command line error: Too many arguments
>     > See the duplicity manual page for instructions
>     > 
>     >
>     >     ----- Original Message -----
>     >     *From:* Edgar Soldin <mailto:address@hidden>
>     >     *To:* AJ Weber <mailto:address@hidden> ; Discussion of the
>     >     backup program duplicity <mailto:address@hidden>
>     >     *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2008 5:58 AM
>     >     *Subject:* Re: [Duplicity-talk] ftp and short filenames prob
>     >
>     >     hello peter & aj,
>     >
>     >     what looks suspicious to me is
>     >     Deleting
>     duplicity-full-signatures.2008-03-10T17:36:13-04:00.sigtar.gpg
>     >     from FTP server
>     >
>     >     it shouldnt do this at this point? would explain the missing
>     backup
>     >     chain?
>     >
>     >     regards ede
>     >
>     >     ps: @AJ
>     >      what kind of file system ist the --archive-dir ?
>     >      what do you mean by SMB names?
>     >
>     >     --
>     >
>     >     > OK, I found out this is partly due to the target-server.  The
>     >     _SMB_names_ are mangled, but ftp shows the "expected names".
>     >     >
>     >     > However, unless I use the --archive-dir switch, I can't list the
>     >     current files.  Shouldn't it be able to list the files from the
>     >     remote server's signature file?  For example:
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     ====================================================================
>     >     >
>     >     > # duplicity --verbosity 5 --encrypt-key "9C8ED9EA" --sign-key
>     >     "9C8ED9EA" --archive-dir ~root/backupCache /misc/nasdisk1/LM
>     >     "ftp://address@hidden/DISK 2/duplicity"
>     >     > Listing files on FTP server
>     >     > No signatures found, switching to full backup.
>     >     > Generating delta - new file: .
>     >     > Generating delta - new file: Inbound Fax 33554476.pdf
>     >     > Generating delta - new file: incoming fax details.jpg
>     >     > Generating delta - new file: renditions.jpg
>     >     > Saving duplicity-full.2008-03-10T17:36:13-04:00.vol1.difftar.gpg
>     >     on FTP server
>     >     > Saving duplicity-full.2008-03-10T17:36:13-04:00.manifest.gpg on
>     >     FTP server
>     >     > Saving
>     >     duplicity-full-signatures.2008-03-10T17:36:13-04:00.sigtar.gpg on
>     >     FTP server
>     >     > Listing files on FTP server
>     >     > Deleting
>     >     duplicity-full-signatures.2008-03-10T17:36:13-04:00.sigtar.gpg
>     from
>     >     FTP server
>     >     > --------------[ Backup Statistics ]--------------
>     >     > StartTime 1205184973.73 (Mon Mar 10 17:36:13 2008)
>     >     > EndTime 1205184974.07 (Mon Mar 10 17:36:14 2008)
>     >     > ElapsedTime 0.34 (0.34 seconds)
>     >     > SourceFiles 4
>     >     > SourceFileSize 197429 (193 KB)
>     >     > NewFiles 4
>     >     > NewFileSize 197429 (193 KB)
>     >     > DeletedFiles 0
>     >     > ChangedFiles 0
>     >     > ChangedFileSize 0 (0 bytes)
>     >     > ChangedDeltaSize 0 (0 bytes)
>     >     > DeltaEntries 4
>     >     > RawDeltaSize 196917 (192 KB)
>     >     > TotalDestinationSizeChange 104254 (102 KB)
>     >     > Errors 0
>     >     > -------------------------------------------------
>     >     >
>     >     > /root/backupCache/tmp8sZEW3 still in tempfile list, deleting
>     >     > /root/backupCache/tmpvBBqJf still in tempfile list, deleting
>     >     >
>     >     > address@hidden backupCache]# duplicity --list
>     >     "ftp://address@hidden/DISK 2/duplicity"
>     >     > No signatures found, switching to full backup.
>     >     > No signature data found, unable to list files.
>     >     > address@hidden backupCache]# duplicity --list --encrypt-key
>     >     "9C8ED9EA" --sign-key "9C8ED9EA" "ftp://address@hidden/DISK
>     >     2/duplicity"
>     >     > No signatures found, switching to full backup.
>     >     > No signature data found, unable to list files.
>     >     > address@hidden backupCache]# duplicity --list --encrypt-key
>     >     "9C8ED9EA" --sign-
>     >     > key "9C8ED9EA"  --archive-dir ~root/backupCache
>     >     "ftp://address@hidden/DISK 2/duplicity"
>     >     > Thu Jul 19 13:04:20 2007 .
>     >     > Thu Jul 19 13:04:20 2007 Inbound Fax 33554476.pdf
>     >     > Thu Jul 19 13:00:11 2007 incoming fax details.jpg
>     >     > Thu Jul 19 13:03:48 2007 renditions.jpg
>     >     > address@hidden backupCache]#
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     > ----- Original Message -----
>     >     >   From: Peter Schuller
>     >     >   To: address@hidden
>     <mailto:address@hidden> <mailto:address@hidden>
>     >     ; AJ Weber
>     >     >   Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18 PM
>     >     >   Subject: Re: [Duplicity-talk] ftp and short filenames prob
>     >     >
>     >     >   > I can manually ftp files with "long filenames", but when
>     >     duplicity uses it
>     >     >   > as a target, I get these mangled, short filenames that mean
>     >     nothing to me.
>     >     >   > Worse: trying a "list-current-files" after a small sync
>     gives
>     >     me "Backup
>     >     >   > source directory list does not exist."  So I can't even
>     verify
>     >     that it's
>     >     >   > working properly.
>     >     >
>     >     >   This is the names of the files that make up the duplicity
>     >     archive itself, that
>     >     >   is causing problems?
>     >     >
>     >     >   Could you give us an example of a mangled filename versus the
>     >     expected name?
>     >     >
>     >     >   --
>     >     >   / Peter Schuller
>     >     >
>     >     >   PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller
>     >     <address@hidden>'
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>     >
>     >     --
>     >     public class WhoDidIt{ // A comment. I love comments
>     >       private static Person sender;
>     >
>     >       public static void main (String[] foo){
>     >
>     >       sender = new Person();
>     >       sender.setName(new String[]{"Edgar", "Soldin"});
>     >
>     >       Address address = new Address();
>     >       address.setStreet("Stadtweg 119");
>     >       address.setZip(39116);
>     >       address.setCity("Magdeburg");
>     >       address.setCountry("Germany");
>     >
>     >       sender.setAddress(address);
>     >
>     >       sender.setMobilePhone(" +49(0)171-2782880 ");
>     >       sender.setWebSiteUrl(" http://www.soldin.de ");
>     >       sender.setEmail(" address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
>     <mailto:address@hidden> ");
>     >       sender.setPGPPublicKey("
>     http://www.soldin.de/edgar_soldin.asc ");
>     >       sender.setGender(true);
>     >
>     >       System.out.println(sender.toString());
>     >       }
>     >     }
>     >
>     >
>     >
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