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Can encbup be used for automated backups? Seems like it's using symmetric encryption, so that the passphrase would need to be entered or passed as an argument on each run.

Not sure if it meets all your requirements, but duplicity [1] has support for asymmetric encryption via gpg pub/priv key pairs.

[1] http://duplicity.nongnu.org/

EDIT: just noticed the article mentioned duplicity as insufficient.

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You can specify the passphrase on the command line, but it's less secure. Automated backups are my use case, so that's what it's meant to be used for.

I wanted to also add GPG encryption, but I'd be unable to store the key locally, so I couldnt find a way to get it for subsequent backups. I'll have to see how duplicity does it.

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