duply: using variables in pre script?

Question

I'm using duply/duplicity to backup our servers. In the pre script I want to use the $SOURCE variable to dump mysql databases into it. But the variable is not usable as mentioned in the documentation. :-(

Here's my pre script

echo "source: ${SOURCE}"

and the output is:

Output: source:

PS: pre file is executable (700).
PS

Answer 1

that's a bug in current duply.

[EDIT] fixed in duply 1.9.0 .. [/EDIT]

as a workaround remove the executable flag from your script unless you need a different interpreter than bash. the next duply release will address this issue.

..ede/duply.net