bup-import-duplicity(1) Bup 0.33.10+
Author: Zoran Zaric zz@zoranzaric.de, Rob Browning rlb@defaultvalue.org
Date: 2026-01-28

# 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` 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.