# default is yes. set to no to skip the test if the remote host is alive
#testconnect = no
+# temporary directory used by duplicity
+# (default = /tmp or /usr/tmp, depending on the system)
+#tmpdir = /var/tmp/duplicity
+
######################################################
## gpg section
## (how to encrypt and optionally sign the backups)
# bandwith limit, in kbit/s ; default is 0, i.e. no limit
#bandwidthlimit = 128
-# passed directly to ssh and scp
-sshoptions = -i /root/.ssh/id_dsa_duplicity
+# passed directly to ssh, scp (and sftp in duplicity >=0.4.2)
+# warning: sftp does not support all scp options, especially -i; as
+# a workaround, you can use "-o <SSHOPTION>"
+sshoptions = -o IdentityFile=/root/.ssh/id_dsa_duplicity
# put the backups under this directory
destdir = /backups