Most of these files and directories are recreated if missing. They are mostly intended for lowering the startup time of an application (Firefox extensions cache), indicating locks (.gksu.lock), or containing session-specific information (e.g. ID of dbus session). Recent documents changes frequently and is generally not that sensible to backup.
These directories may be excluded:
.gvfs # contains mounted file systems?
.local/share/gvfs-metadata
.Private # contains the actual encrypted home directory
.dbus # session-specific
.cache
.Trash # do I need to say more?
.local/share/Trash
.cddb # cached info about audio CDs
.aptitude # cached packages lists
Flash-specific:
.adobe # Cache for flash, maybe others?
.macromedia # except for Flash persistence, there is no reason to keep this
Files:
.xsession-errors # contains errors from the current graphical session
.recently-used # recently used files
.recently-used.xbel
.thumbnails
.Xauthority # session-specific
.ICEauthority
.gksu.lock
.pulse # directory
.pulse-cookie
.esd_auth
KDE specific:
.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments # Recent documents on KDE
.kde/share/apps/klipper # Contains a history of the Klipper clipboard (KDE)
.kde/share/apps/okular/docdata # you will loose saved scrolling positions of PDFs
.kde/share/apps/gwenview/recentfolders
.kde/share/apps/kmess/displaypics # cached other users' profile pics
.kde/share/apps/kmess/customemoticons # cached emoticons of others
Firefox-specific (see also Profile folder):
.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache
.mozilla/firefox/*/minidumps # in case Fx crashes dumps will be stored in this
.mozilla/firefox/*/.parentlock # session-specific
.mozilla/firefox/*/urlclassifier3.sqlite # phishing database, recreated
.mozilla/firefox/*/blocklist.xml # blacklisted extensions
.mozilla/firefox/*/extensions.sqlite # extension database, recreated on startup
.mozilla/firefox/*/extensions.sqlite-journal
.mozilla/firefox/*/extensions.rdf
.mozilla/firefox/*/extensions.ini
.mozilla/firefox/*/extensions.cache
.mozilla/firefox/*/XUL.mfasl # cached UI data, recreated
.mozilla/firefox/*/XPC.mfasl
.mozilla/firefox/*/xpti.dat
.mozilla/firefox/*/compreg.dat
Opera-specific (related question on Superuser.com: Is documentation available on files and directories in the Opera profile folder?):
.opera/temporary_downloads
.opera/cache
.opera/thumbnails
.opera/opcache
.opera/icons
.opera/application_cache
.opera/widgets/*/cache
.opera/lock
Komodo Edit:
.komodoedit/*/codeintel/db
.komodoedit/*/host-*/*/codeintel
.komodoedit/*/XRE/Cache
.komodoedit/*/XRE/.activatestate/komodo edit/Crash Reports
.komodoedit/*/XRE/.activatestate/komodo edit/*/Cache
.komodoedit/*/XRE/.activatestate/komodo edit/*/minidump
.komodoedit/*/XRE/.parentlock
.komodoedit/*/XRE/extensions.rdf
.komodoedit/*/XRE/extensions.ini
.komodoedit/*/XRE/extensions.cache
.komodoedit/*/XRE/XPC.mfasl
.komodoedit/*/XRE/XUL.mfasl
.komodoedit/*/XRE/xpti.dat
.komodoedit/*/XRE/pluginreg.dat
.komodoedit/*/XRE/compreg.dat
.komodoedit/*/XRE/*.sqlite-journal
.komodoedit/*/pystdout.log
.komodoedit/*/pystderr.log
.komodoedit/*/history.sqlite.bak
.komodoedit/*/running.lock
.komodoedit/*/mutex.lock
.komodoedit/*/*.xmlc
.komodoedit/*/startup-env.tmp
.komoeoedit/*/commandments.fifo
.komoeoedit/*/history.sqlite
GnuPG:
.gnupg/rnd
.gnupg/random_seed
.gnupg/.#*
.gnupg/*.lock
.gnupg/gpg-agent-info-*
Google Chrome:
.config/google-chrome/Default/Local Storage
.config/google-chrome/Default/Session Storage
.config/google-chrome/Default/Application Cache
.config/google-chrome/Default/History Index *
Other apps:
.pulse/icons # Pidgin
.java/deployment/cache # Cached applets
.icedteaplugin
.icedtea
.gnome2/epiphany/favicon_cache
.dropbox # to avoid problems, let Dropbox re-create these
.dropbox-dist
Use duplicity to extract it:
duplicity restore file:///path_to_folder_contains_backups/ path_where_to_extract_it/
Enter GnuPG passphrase, Press Enter
By default, Duplicity restores last backup (comparing time) in the source folder even its not the backup for the same folder. If you have multiple backups for different folders or you want specific time of same folder, use --time option example:
duplicity restore --time 20140106T111233Z file:///path_to_folder_contains_backups/ path_where_to_extract_it/
Unable to see the files you are looking for, try:
Create function that list all files contained in all full/inc backups available in the source folder:
ldup () {
for f in $(ls $1/duplicity-*.manifest.gpg); do
echo "========================================================================";
echo $f;
n=$(basename $f .manifest.gpg);
prefix=$(echo $n | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "." } ;{ print $1 }');
if [[ "$prefix" == "duplicity-full" ]]; then
t=$(echo $n | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "." } ;{ print $2 }');
else
t=$(echo $n | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "." } ;{ print $4 }');
fi;
echo -e "Creation time:\t" $t;
echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------";
duplicity list-current-files --time $t file://$1/ | grep "$2";
done;
}
To list all files (note without tail /):
ldup /path_to_folder_contains_backups
search for a pattern in file names:
ldup /path_to_folder_contains_backups pattern
Reference: man duplicity
Best Answer
it simply means duplicity could not access these files. hence they will not end up in your backup.
make sure the files are readable (check permissions or runtime locks) if you want them backed up
or
as you wrote, simply exclude them.
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