Re: [Duplicity-talk] Duplicity with FAT32 backup disk

[Kennon Ballou]

By default, duplicity uses volumes of 10mb (I believe). You can specify 
how large you want the files with --volsize.

If the final tar/gzipped set of volumes is larger than 4gb, then 
duplicity (well, tar actually) might crap out in the middle after 
filling up the disk. What does tar do when it runs out of space?

You might try backing up to your hard drive, and then copying over the 
volume files to your usb stick (or just making sure that you have less 
than 4gb total backed up.

KB

Eric Lynch wrote:
> I would like to use duplicity to backup my home directory to a USB
> disk, formatted FAT32.  If I do:
>
>   duplicity $HOME file:///media/usbdisk/target_dir
>
> will I run into problems with FAT32's 4 GB file size limit if $HOME is
> larger than 4 GB?  I ask because of the statement on the duplicity
> home page that says "Duplicity backs directories by producing
> encrypted tar-format volumes...".  Does duplicity create a single tar
> file containing the entire backup?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
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