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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] What happens if you add a --exclude to an exist
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covici |
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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] What happens if you add a --exclude to an existing rdiff-backup? |
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Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:38:45 -0500 |
When the files are deleted, they are copied to the increments folder and
kept till they are removed by --remove-older-than.
Chris G <address@hidden> wrote:
> If you delete files/directories from the 'source' of an rdiff-backup
> will they get removed from the destination with an appropriate
> "--remove-older-than" run?
>
> For example if rdiff-backup has been backing up a hierarchy with a
> directory called 'tmp' for a while and then the 'tmp' directory is
> removed can one get rdiff-backup to remove the 'tmp' backups 7 days
> later by "--remove-older-than 7D".
>
> From the man page it sounds as if deleted files *will* be removed:-
>
> Note that snapshots of deleted files are covered by this opera-
> tion. Thus if you deleted a file two weeks ago, backed up imme-
> diately afterwards, and then ran rdiff-backup with --remove-
> older-than 10D today, no trace of that file would remain.
> Finally, file selection options such as --include and --exclude
> don't affect --remove-older-than.
>
> But this bit from the examples section of the documentation worries me
> slightly:-
>
> Note that an existing file which hasn't changed for a year will still be
> preserved. But a file which was deleted 15 days ago cannot be restored
> after this command is run.
>
> --
> Chris Green
>
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