Restore doesn't restore with no useful message

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#1 
duplicacy -v restore -r 108 etc/apt/sources.list
Repository set to /
Storage set to gcd://Duplicacy/AStorage
Using 16384 iterations for key derivation
etc/apt/sources.list
Loaded 6 include/exclude pattern(s)
Pattern: -proc/*
Pattern: -run/*
Pattern: -dev/*
Pattern: -sys/*
Pattern: -tmp/*
Pattern: -var/lib/docker/*
Restoring / to revision 108
Restored / to revision 108
Total running time: 00:00:24

The file is not restored, it might be related to the fact that the file exists on the target and I should use overwrite flag, but I’d expect some message about that (I saw somewhere in the forum something like “/etc/apt/sources.list already exists”)

How does it work exactly? Should I always use overwrite flag for restoring older versions of existing files?

#2

That file was skipped because the existing file has the same size and timestamp as the one to be restored. You’re right that there should be at least a message to say so. I’ll fix this in the next update.

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#3

thanks for the answer gchen, but that doesn’t seem to be my case.
I’ve just modified the file, and both size and time were modified locally, then I run the restore command again

# duplicacy -v -log restore -r 108 etc/apt/sources.list
2019-05-22 19:42:45.687 INFO REPOSITORY_SET Repository set to /
2019-05-22 19:42:45.687 INFO STORAGE_SET Storage set to gcd://Duplicacy/AStorage
2019-05-22 19:42:49.429 TRACE CONFIG_ITERATIONS Using 16384 iterations for key derivation
2019-05-22 19:42:49.685 TRACE RESTORE_PATTERN etc/apt/sources.list
2019-05-22 19:43:05.165 INFO SNAPSHOT_FILTER Loaded 6 include/exclude pattern(s)
2019-05-22 19:43:05.165 TRACE SNAPSHOT_PATTERN Pattern: -proc/*
2019-05-22 19:43:05.165 TRACE SNAPSHOT_PATTERN Pattern: -run/*
2019-05-22 19:43:05.165 TRACE SNAPSHOT_PATTERN Pattern: -dev/*
2019-05-22 19:43:05.165 TRACE SNAPSHOT_PATTERN Pattern: -sys/*
2019-05-22 19:43:05.165 TRACE SNAPSHOT_PATTERN Pattern: -tmp/*
2019-05-22 19:43:05.165 TRACE SNAPSHOT_PATTERN Pattern: -var/lib/docker/*
2019-05-22 19:44:55.942 INFO RESTORE_START Restoring / to revision 108
2019-05-22 19:44:56.196 INFO RESTORE_END Restored / to revision 108
2019-05-22 19:44:56.196 INFO RESTORE_STATS Total running time: 00:02:07

no other output, file was not restored

# duplicacy -v -log history -hash -r 108 etc/apt/sources.list
2019-05-22 19:48:47.142 INFO REPOSITORY_SET Repository set to /
2019-05-22 19:48:47.142 INFO STORAGE_SET Storage set to gcd://Duplicacy/AStorage
2019-05-22 19:48:49.490 TRACE CONFIG_ITERATIONS Using 16384 iterations for key derivation
2019-05-22 19:48:56.552 INFO SNAPSHOT_HISTORY     108:             774 2019-04-26 07:21:21 ef73cc97b838e8f21d9c24bc750c58e54417318875ad7960e7b7326de4372424 etc/apt/sources.list
2019-05-22 19:48:56.552 INFO SNAPSHOT_HISTORY current:             705 2019-05-22 19:48:22 cda428d5f14b93cc0f975f6d4e5ea9f4d4a2db2a231ed067e8b9ee8f98bd9053 etc/apt/sources.list*
#4

This is because etc/apt/sources.list was treated as a pattern: Fixed a bug where filenames starting with i or e are mistakenly inter… · gilbertchen/duplicacy@abcb4d7 · GitHub

This bug has been fixed in version 2.2.0.