bup-import-duplicity(1)     General Commands Manual    bup-import-duplicity(1)

NAME
       bup-import-duplicity - import duplicity backups

WARNING
       bup-import-duplicity is EXPERIMENTAL (proceed with caution)

SYNOPSIS
       bup import-duplicity [-n] <source-url> <save-name>

DESCRIPTION
       bup import-duplicity imports all of the duplicity backups at source-url
       into bup via bup save -n save-name.  The bup saves will have the same
       timestamps (via bup save --date) as the original backups.

       Because this command operates by restoring each duplicity backup to a
       temporary directory, the extent to which the metadata is preserved will
       depend on the characteristics of the underlying filesystem, whether or
       not you run import-duplicity as root (or under fakeroot(1)), etc.

       Note that this command will use mkdtemp
       <https://docs.python.org/3/library/tempfile.html#tempfile.mkdtemp> to
       create temporary directories, which means that it should respect any
       TEMPDIR, TEMP, or TMP environment variable settings.  Make sure that
       the relevant filesystem has enough space for the largest duplicity
       backup being imported.

       Since all invocations of duplicity use a temporary --archive-dir,
       import-duplicity should not affect ~/.cache/duplicity.

OPTIONS
       -n, --dry-run
              don't do anything; just print out what would be done

EXAMPLES
              $ bup import-duplicity file:///duplicity/src/ legacy-duplicity

BUP
       Part of the bup(1) suite.

AUTHORS
       Zoran Zaric <zz@zoranzaric.de>, Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>.

Bup 0.33.10+                      2026-01-28           bup-import-duplicity(1)