K Backup error?

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Kup is starting bup backup job at Saturday, April 19, 2025 11:29:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time

bup "-d" "/run/media/nickj/Download/home" "init"
bup "-d" "/run/media/nickj/Download/home" "fsck" "--quick" "-j" "4"
Exit code: 0
bup "-d" "/run/media/nickj/Download/home" "index" "-u" "--exclude-rx-from" "/home/nickj/" "/home"
usage: bup index <-p|-m|-s|-u|--clear|--check> [options...] <filenames...>

Modes:
    -p, --print           print the index entries for the given names
                            (also works with -u)
    -m, --modified        print only added/deleted/modified files
                            (implies -p)
    -s, --status          print each filename with a status char
                            (A/M/D) (implies -p)
    -u, --update          recursively update the index entries for the
                            given file/dir names (default if no mode
                            is specified)
    --check               carefully check index file integrity
    --clear               clear the default index

Options:
    -H, --hash            print the hash for each object next to its
                            name
    -l, --long            print more information about each file
    --no-check-device     don't invalidate an entry if the containing
                            device changes
    --fake-valid          mark all index entries as up-to-date even if
                            they aren't
    --fake-invalid        mark all index entries as invalid
    -f, --indexfile ...   the name of the index file (normally
                            BUP_DIR/bupindex)
    --exclude ...         a path to exclude from the backup (may be
                            repeated)
    --exclude-from ...    skip --exclude paths in file (may be
                            repeated)
    --exclude-rx ...      skip paths matching the unanchored regex
                            (may be repeated)
    --exclude-rx-from ...  skip --exclude-rx patterns in file (may be
                            repeated)
    -v, --verbose         increase log output (can be used more than
                            once)
    -x, --xdev, --one-file-system  don't cross filesystem boundaries

error: couldn't read '/home/nickj/'

Exit code: 97
Kup did not successfully complete the bup backup job: failed to index everything.

Home is not read only or encrypted
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Is /home on a separate filesystem, and if so, is it mounted?

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Same FS, at install Manjaro griped about when trying to make partitions so /home is not separate.

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Hmm… Does /home/nickj then actually still exist? :face_with_diagonal_mouth:

What is the output of… :point_down:

ls -l /home

…?

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drwx------ 26 nickj nickj 4096 Apr 19 12:49 nickj

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Well, that’s how it should be, yes. But it is not clear to me which command failed, and whether this was an error in a popup window, or whether you attempted to run this from a terminal window.

The first two commands that you pasted exited with exit code 0, which is success. But then there’s the command below… :point_down:

bup “-d” “/run/media/nickj/Download/home” “index” “-u” “–exclude-rx-from” “/home/nickj/” “/home”

… which suggests that you’re entering that command in a terminal, and then that would be the one bailing out with exit code 97. Is that correct?

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I am running KUP from KDE.

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Have you recently changed anything to its settings? :thinking:

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The only thing I did was created the folder it saves too, the folder has these in it when finished. Tje odd thing it says it can’t read /home
in the log.

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Did it work well before you created that folder? :thinking: