Re: [Duplicity-talk] Remove a file from backups

[Grant]

> Duplicity does not provide ways to change uploaded files. It just lists,
> creates and deletes them. So your best course of action, I believe, is to
> first do a full backup and then use remove-all-but-n-full (or variants) to
> remove previous backups. This way, while the full backup is executing, you
> at least have a backup to return to if somethings goes wrong with the new
> full backup.


Can I just move my backup archives out of the backup folder and run a
backup procedure as per usual?  Is there metadata or anything
elsewhere that would need to be wiped/reset?

- Grant


>> I recently realized that one of the files on my system contains
>> sensitive information in plain text.  I've now encrypted the file with
>> a password but it has been included in my duplicity archives in
>> unencrypted form.  Can I remove the unencrypted file from all of my
>> duplicity archives?  If not, is deleting all of the old archives and
>> running a fresh, full backup the right solution?  Since I create
>> backups unattended, I don't use a password to encrypt them.
>>
>> - Grant