Comment 3 for bug 431219

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emilio (emiliomaggio) wrote : Re: [Bug 431219] Re: Add to deja-dup wake on lan functionality

Yes but it may require a bit of GUI to input server name and may be MAC address

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Michael Terry
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> This sounds like functionality that would make sense in duplicity.
> Added a duplicity bug task.
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> ** Also affects: duplicity
>   Importance: Undecided
>       Status: New
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> Add to deja-dup wake on lan functionality
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/431219
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> Status in Déjà Dup: New
> Status in duplicity - Bandwidth Efficient Encrypted Backup: New
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> Bug description:
> Another item that I would like to add to the wish-list.
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> I have recently installed a low-power home server that is the target of my backups. In general (As many users I guess) I am not at home for most of the day and to save even more power (and the planet :-) ) I can set up the server to go in S3 sleep mode if no processes are running and I can manually wake-on-lan whenever I want the server up and running.
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> In case of duplicity I should not care to know when the backup is happening and it would be great if duplicity could do the wake-up for me.
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