To see this in 0.6.09 here is the output: Using archive dir: /root/.cache/duplicity/dcdda6f917acf7fc4b2901dced258c76 Using backup name: dcdda6f917acf7fc4b2901dced258c76 Import of duplicity.backends.imapbackend Succeeded Import of duplicity.backends.hsibackend Succeeded Import of duplicity.backends.webdavbackend Succeeded Import of duplicity.backends.cloudfilesbackend Succeeded Import of duplicity.backends.localbackend Succeeded Import of duplicity.backends.sshbackend Succeeded Import of duplicity.backends.rsyncbackend Succeeded Import of duplicity.backends.tahoebackend Succeeded Import of duplicity.backends.giobackend Failed: No module named gio Import of duplicity.backends.botobackend Failed: invalid syntax (botobackend.py, line 190) Import of duplicity.backends.ftpbackend Succeeded Main action: inc ================================================================================ duplicity 0.6.09 (July 25, 2010) Args: /usr/bin/duplicity -v9 --exclude-device-files --no-encryption /selinux file:///backups/temp Linux oratgc1h1.pp.bcinfra.net 2.6.18-164.0.0.0.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 00:21:28 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 /usr/bin/python 2.4.3 (#1, Jul 2 2009, 15:50:36) [GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)] ================================================================================ Using temporary directory /tmp/duplicity-b_tyaY-tempdir Registering (mkstemp) temporary file /tmp/duplicity-b_tyaY-tempdir/mkstemp-3AuUag-1 Temp has 6600269824 available, backup will use approx 34078720. Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed. 0 files exist on backend 0 files exist in cache Extracting backup chains from list of files: [] Last full backup date: none Collection Status ----------------- Connecting with backend: LocalBackend Archive dir: /root/.cache/duplicity/dcdda6f917acf7fc4b2901dced258c76 Found 0 secondary backup chains. No backup chains with active signatures found No orphaned or incomplete backup sets found. No signatures found, switching to full backup. Using temporary directory /root/.cache/duplicity/dcdda6f917acf7fc4b2901dced258c76/duplicity-8cp0Ix-tempdir Registering (mktemp) temporary file /root/.cache/duplicity/dcdda6f917acf7fc4b2901dced258c76/duplicity-8cp0Ix-tempdir/mktemp-9tqRGJ-1 Using temporary directory /root/.cache/duplicity/dcdda6f917acf7fc4b2901dced258c76/duplicity-IIENjP-tempdir Registering (mktemp) temporary file /root/.cache/duplicity/dcdda6f917acf7fc4b2901dced258c76/duplicity-IIENjP-tempdir/mktemp-qsMid4-1 AsyncScheduler: instantiating at concurrency 0 Registering (mktemp) temporary file /tmp/duplicity-b_tyaY-tempdir/mktemp-3Mxt1k-2 Selecting /selinux Comparing () and None Getting delta of (() /selinux dir) and None A . Selecting /selinux/access Comparing ('access',) and None Getting delta of (('access',) /selinux/access reg) and None A access Selecting /selinux/avc Comparing ('avc',) and None Getting delta of (('avc',) /selinux/avc dir) and None A avc Selecting /selinux/avc/cache_stats Comparing ('avc', 'cache_stats') and None Getting delta of (('avc', 'cache_stats') /selinux/avc/cache_stats reg) and None A avc/cache_stats Selecting /selinux/avc/cache_threshold Comparing ('avc', 'cache_threshold') and None Getting delta of (('avc', 'cache_threshold') /selinux/avc/cache_threshold reg) and None A avc/cache_threshold Selecting /selinux/avc/hash_stats Comparing ('avc', 'hash_stats') and None Getting delta of (('avc', 'hash_stats') /selinux/avc/hash_stats reg) and None A avc/hash_stats Selecting /selinux/booleans Comparing ('booleans',) and None Getting delta of (('booleans',) /selinux/booleans dir) and None A booleans Selecting /selinux/booleans/NetworkManager_disable_trans Comparing ('booleans', 'NetworkManager_disable_trans') and None Getting delta of (('booleans', 'NetworkManager_disable_trans') /selinux/booleans/NetworkManager_disable_trans reg) and None A booleans/NetworkManager_disable_trans Removing still remembered temporary file /tmp/duplicity-b_tyaY-tempdir/mktemp-3Mxt1k-2 Removing still remembered temporary file /tmp/duplicity-b_tyaY-tempdir/mkstemp-3AuUag-1 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1239, in ? with_tempdir(main) File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1232, in with_tempdir fn() File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1210, in main full_backup(col_stats) File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 416, in full_backup globals.backend) File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 296, in write_multivol at_end = gpg.GzipWriteFile(tarblock_iter, tdp.name, globals.volsize) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/duplicity/gpg.py", line 331, in GzipWriteFile new_block = block_iter.next(min(128*1024, bytes_to_go)) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/duplicity/diffdir.py", line 505, in next result = self.process(self.input_iter.next(), size) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/duplicity/diffdir.py", line 631, in process data, last_block = self.get_data_block(fp, size - 512) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/duplicity/diffdir.py", line 658, in get_data_block buf = fp.read(read_size) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/duplicity/diffdir.py", line 415, in read buf = self.infile.read(length) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/duplicity/diffdir.py", line 384, in read buf = self.infile.read(length) IOError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument Removing still remembered temporary file /root/.cache/duplicity/dcdda6f917acf7fc4b2901dced258c76/duplicity-IIENjP-tempdir/mktemp-qsMid4-1 Removing still remembered temporary file /root/.cache/duplicity/dcdda6f917acf7fc4b2901dced258c76/duplicity-8cp0Ix-tempdir/mktemp-9tqRGJ-1