Re: [Duplicity-talk] -asynchronous-upload needs argument?

[edgar . soldin]

On 12.10.2023 02:56, Scott Hannahs via Duplicity-talk wrote:
> I have tried updating duplicity to 2.1.3.  The script I have used for years is 
> failing naturally because it uses some now removed flags.  That is fine, but 
> now it is telling me that I need an argument to the -asynchronous-upload flag.  
> The man page says nothing about an argument.
>
> CommandLineError: argument --asynchronous-upload: expected one argument
>
> The other error is expected and I will remove "--s3-use-new-style” from my 
> script.
>
> I may try adding a numerical argument (ie 2) to the async upload flag.

hey Scott,

duplicity 2.x had a ruff start. the ui parser neded to be replaced. wrt. 
`--asynchronous-upload` read here
 https://gitlab.com/duplicity/duplicity/-/issues/759

tl;dr simply do not use that flag anymore. it is risking to silently corrupt 
your backup.

sunny regards.. ede