Restoring backup files - SOLVED

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I wanted try how the backup and restore works and if it does.

1. I hve backed up and copied all the files from /home/user-data/backup/encrypted to network NAS that my VPS provider offers located at /mnt/NAS/.MIAB/20170726.1537/backup/encrypted

2. Then I reinstalled the VPS, run the Install script “curl -s https://mailinabox.email/setup.sh | sudo bash” and

3. Now I wanted to restore the the backup with the following commands:
   cd /mnt/NAS/.MIAB/20170726.1537/backup
   export PASSPHRASE=$(cat secret_key.txt)
   sudo -E duplicity restore file:///mnt/NAS/.MIAB/20170726.1537/backup/encrypted /home/user-data/

But I get msg. that it can not be done, see below:
Restore destination directory /home/user-data already exists.
Will not overwrite.

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Found the answer. SOLVED

Restoring-Directory already exists

Had the same issue last week. I added --force and it ended up working.

[dofl]

Thanks for posting the answer

[Ruseen]

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Now I wanted to restore the the backup with the following commands:
cd /mnt/NAS/.MIAB/20170726.1537/backup
export PASSPHRASE=$(cat secret_key.txt)
sudo -E duplicity restore file:///mnt/NAS/.MIAB/20170726.1537/backup/encrypted /home/user-data/

So @box to be picky the command you would’ve used would have been.

- sudo -E duplicity restore file:///mnt/NAS/.MIAB/20170726.1537/backup/encrypted /home/user-data/
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+ sudo -E duplicity restore --force file:///mnt/NAS/.MIAB/20170726.1537/backup/encrypted /home/user-data/