'duplicacy backup' needs -pref-dir option

[owl]

Otherwise it’s impossible to backup read-only directories (e.g. /Library/Application Support on OSX).

Duplicacy should not require a config file in the source directory to begin with, but that’s a different story…

[gchen]

There is a PR that implemented this feature: https://github.com/gilbertchen/duplicacy/pull/396

I’ll merge this PR tomorrow. You can try to build from this PR if you want.

[owl]

Awesome, thank you!

[Christoph]

Could someone clarify how this feature request here relates to this one:

Alternative location for .duplicacy directory?

Hello , I’m slowly designing my new backup system based on duplicacy. Context: All my data are stored on my QNAP NAS. (home folders, Shared folders) I plan to use Onedrive as remote storage. Quite a few directories are synched on mas NAS and on my mac desktops thanks to syncthing. I Heavily rely on Docker for deploying additional capabilities on my NAS. I do not want the .duplicacy directory being replicated on all the partners computers of synching Moreover I’d like the container having on…