> > ~/.duplicity/<backup_name>/cache - cache files, removable at any time > > ~/.duplicity/<backup_name>/config - backup profile configs, etc > > ~/.duplicity/<backup_name>/checkpoints - checkpoint info > > That really should be: > $XDG_CACHE_HOME/duplicity/<name> (aka ~/.cache/duplicity/<name>), > $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/duplicity/<name> (aka ~/.config/duplicity/<name>), and > $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/duplicity/<name>/checkpoints (maybe, not really clear > on what all checkpoint data is) > > See http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/
Great. I was already thinking the 'cache' should be separated at the "root" level, but wasn't aware there was an actual freedesktop standard. I think it's a great idea to follow that. Random dumping of "bulk data" into home directories in a way which isn't easily excluded, is a pet peeve of mine :) > Using those fields makes life so much easier. I know we already > shipped a version that uses ~/.duplicity, but wherever possible, use > the XDG spec. That way, applications can treat the directories > appropriately. For example, Deja Dup excludes $XDG_CACHE_HOME by > default. Agreed. > > I do to, but in practice I know for a fact most people simply don't do > > that. Backing up a live file system is standard practice, > > unfortunately. I've had to work pretty hard to convince people it's a > > bad idea, even among "techies". > > I'm one of those people that encourages non-quiescent backups by > virtue of Deja Dup almost always running when non-quiescent. The user > is logged in and almost certainly doing something. It's an important > use case for me. Yes, absolutely. There are plenty of practical cases where it's just the only viable option, especially if you want to be friendly to the user. (In some ideal mythological world we'd have an API to request a snapshot of a particular path in an fs/volume management/root perms independent way.) -- / Peter Schuller PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller <[email protected]>' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.scode.org
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