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  1. How do I pick out directories using the file:// and scp:// syntax? Something is going wrong.
  2. Duplicity uses too much temp space, what can I do?

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  1. How do I pick out directories using the file:// and scp:// syntax? Something is going wrong.

    Perhaps you need an extra slash. For instance, to specify the /usr/backup directory you have to use the url file:///usr/backup. Note the three slashes. The first two are part of the URL definition and the third is the beginning of /usr/backup.

    Similarly, to specify /usr/backup on machine host.net using scp, you would say scp://host.net//usr/backup (note the two slashes after host.net). If you wanted to use the directory temp right under the scp default directory (usually the user's home directory), then you could just use scp://host.net/temp.

  2. Duplicity uses too much temp space, what can I do?

    Duplicity may require lots of temp space sometimes, depending on the size of the volumes created. You can specify where to put many temp files using the TMPDIR environment variable. The default is either /usr/tmp or /tmp, depending on the system.