I was using an old version of Ubuntu, made a backup of /home/user on an external HD, installed the much newer Ubuntu 17.04 (formatting the old machine), and now am trying to restore /home/user.

I can restore single files and directories using the command

```
duplicity restore --no-encryption --file-to-restore home/user/path-to-file file:///media/user/HD/ /home/user/filename

```

However, when I try restore /home/user using 

```
duplicity --no-encryption file:///media/user/HD/ /home/user/

```

I get the error

> 
> Restore destination directory /home/user already exists.
>  Will not overwrite.
> 
> 
> 

And when I try restore /home/user to a new directory, 

```
duplicity --no-encryption file:///media/user/Maxtor/ /home/user/RESTORED/

```

(where RESTORED is a new directory) it gives me a whole bunch of errors of the form 

> 
> Error '[Errno 36] File name too long: '/home/user/RESTORED/home/user/.kde/share/...
> 
> 
>