---
name: "bup-import-duplicity"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bup"
version: "0.34-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bup-import-duplicity"
---

# bup-import-duplicity(1)

import duplicity backups

## NAME

bup-import-duplicity - import duplicity backups

## WARNING

bup-import-duplicity is **EXPERIMENTAL** (proceed with caution)

## SYNOPSIS

bup import-duplicity \[-n\] \<source-url\> \<save-name\>

## DESCRIPTION

`bup import-duplicity` imports all of the duplicity backups at `source-url` into `bup` via `bup save -n save-name`. The bup saves will have the same timestamps (via `bup save --date`) as the original backups.

Because this command operates by restoring each duplicity backup to a temporary directory, the extent to which the metadata is preserved will depend on the characteristics of the underlying filesystem, whether or not you run `import-duplicity` as root (or under [`fakeroot`(1)](/fakeroot/1.md)), etc.

Note that this command will use `mkdtemp` ⟨https://docs.python.org/3/library/tempfile.html#tempfile.mkdtemp⟩\\c  to create temporary directories, which means that it should respect any `TEMPDIR`, `TEMP`, or `TMP` environment variable settings. Make sure that the relevant filesystem has enough space for the largest duplicity backup being imported.

Since all invocations of duplicity use a temporary `--archive-dir`, `import-duplicity` should not affect ~/.cache/duplicity.

## OPTIONS

- \-n, --dry-run

  don’t do anything; just print out what would be done

## EXAMPLES

-

  ```
  $ bup import-duplicity file:///duplicity/src/ legacy-duplicity
  ```

## BUP

Part of the [`bup`(1)](/bup/1.md) suite.

## AUTHORS

Zoran Zaric ⟨zz@zoranzaric.de⟩\\c , Rob Browning ⟨rlb@defaultvalue.org⟩\\c.