The output path was made absolute with os.path.abspath and '~' was expanded to the local home, so relative paths and '~' pointed to the wrong folder on the server. Resolve the path on the server instead, where '~' and relative paths refer to the remote user's home, and document it.
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# Example config file for simple_backup
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[backup]
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# Files and directories to backup. Multiple items can be separated using a comma (','). It is possible to use wildcards (i.e. '*' to match multiple characters and '~' for the user's home directory).
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inputs=/home/user
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# Output directory. For remote backups, this is a path on the server ('~' and relative paths refer to the home directory on the server).
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backup_dir=/media/Backup
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# Files, directories and patterns to exclude from the backup. Multiple items can be separated using a comma.
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exclude=*.bak
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# Number of old backups (i.e. excluding the one that's being created) to keep (use -1 to keep all)
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keep=-1
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# Uncomment the following section to enable backup to remote server through ssh
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# [server]
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# ssh_host=
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# ssh_user=
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# ssh_keyfile=
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# remote_sudo=
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# numeric_ids=
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