Sorry you were hit by this issue! But good news is that a fix is available. It was caused by an interaction between Deja Dup and duplicity when a single quote was followed by a space.
This was fixed upstream in duplicity 0.8.17 (and worked around in deja- dup 42.5). Both those fixes are in Ubuntu 21.04 already, so I'll mark this fixed in development Ubuntu. If folks want to backport a fix to Ubuntu 20.10, this patch to duplicity should be all that's needed: https://gitlab.com/duplicity/duplicity/-/commit/14f188888f9112ce98ad6b5ba5cf58a8f6927dab Meanwhile, you can workaround this in Ubuntu 20.10 by either directly using the duplicity commandline to restore the file or switching to the snap version of deja-dup which has the latest fixes. Run "man duplicity" to see how to use its commandline (it's a bit complicated, but can be managed). Or "snap install deja-dup --classic" to install the latest Deja Dup. Sorry for the trouble. ** Changed in: deja-dup (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to deja-dup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1915161 Title: deja dup won't restore a folder where name contains apostrophe and space Status in deja-dup package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: I have a folder entitled Mothers' Union. I use Deja-Dup to backup it up (along with many other folders) on Ubuntu 20.10. When I open Deja- Dup and click on the restore option and pick a back-up date it shows all the folders in the backup except this one (Mothers' Union). If I remove the apostrophe from the folder name it backs it up fine and can be restored. Other folders where the apostrophe is in the name but not followed by a space (e.g. John's Documents) also backup and restore correctly. Not sure if this is a bug but it's unfortunate that with this combination of an apostrophe and a space in the name I can't restore the folder. 1. Ubuntu 20.10 2. deja-dup 42.2-1ubuntu1 3. I expected to be able to restore the folder with the apostrophe and space in the name (Mothers' Union) 4. The folder is not available in any of the restore points. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deja-dup/+bug/1915161/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
