Subj : backup for windows pc?
To   : Deon George
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Sep 21 2023 23:22:00

Hello Deon George!

** On Friday 22.09.23 - 11:28, Deon George wrote to August Abolins:

 >> I tried restic -r sftp:user@server.com:/restic/archive
 >>
 >> ..and it complained:
 >>
 >> Fatal: Create repository at sftp:user@server.com:/restic/
 >> archive failed: cmd.Start: exec: "ssh": executable file not
 >> found in %PATH%.

 DG> Right, you would need SSH as well if you wanted to pipe it through
 DG> SSH/SFTP.

So.. restic is not all-in-one and still relies on external  
progs?


 DG> I use an S3 target, ie : -r s3:http://minio:9000/bucket as my target,
 DG> with environment variables containing the authentication credentials.

S3 is Amazon's cloud space?


 >> I tried the -o sftp.command="prog" parameter where prog is
 >> putty.exe with full path to its location, but it claimed it was
 >> not found.

 DG> Why putty?

I dunno.. it just seemed like a good one to try and see if  
restic could at least *find* it.


 >> I had better luck with winscp:
 >> winscp sftp://user@server.com:2222//enc/archive

 DG> Does winscp provide SFTP? (I dont use it, so dont know). You might be
 DG> able to use -o sftp.command=winscp ?

Not sure if winscp can be utilized in place of the SSH exec  
that restic is looking for.   I wish there were more examples  
of usage out there.
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