Re: [Duplicity-talk] TimeoutError

[edgar . soldin]

On 22.12.2022 11:58, Vera Schmidt via Duplicity-talk wrote:
> > the sum total size of the backup is irrelevant here. important is the size of 
> > this one signatures file.
> >
> > how about you create a full backup of "Dokumente" to a local file:// location 
> > e.g. under /tmp/ . afterwards have a look inside and find out which size the signatures 
> > file created is and report it here?
>
> I will - will use an usb hard disk to get a "real" backup in case my hard disk 
> will crash again ;)
> But it will take some days....
>
> Is the signatures file a temporary file? I had a look at the last backup of the Downloads folder 
> and there are just files named duplicity-full.<date>T<time>Z.vol<volume 
> number>.difftar.gpg with maximum size 50,1 MB.

no. each backup (full or incr) consists of manifest, sigtar and difftars. like 
this

:~$ ls -1t /tmp/test.bkp/
duplicity-inc.20221213T120911Z.to.20221213T121100Z.manifest
duplicity-inc.20221213T120911Z.to.20221213T121100Z.vol1.difftar.gz
duplicity-new-signatures.20221213T120911Z.to.20221213T121100Z.sigtar.gz
duplicity-inc.20221213T115643Z.to.20221213T120911Z.manifest
duplicity-inc.20221213T115643Z.to.20221213T120911Z.vol1.difftar.gz
duplicity-new-signatures.20221213T115643Z.to.20221213T120911Z.sigtar.gz
duplicity-full.20221213T115643Z.manifest
duplicity-full.20221213T115643Z.vol1.difftar.gz
duplicity-full-signatures.20221213T115643Z.sigtar.gz

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