Re: [Duplicity-talk] problems with --remove-older-than

[Edward Chadwick]

Thanks for your reply. I have changed my command and it now does what I expect. I have daily incremental backups and a weekly full + remove backup as follows:

1. full backup
2. incremental backup
...
7. incremental backup
8. full backup, --remove-older-than 7D

Ed.

On 7/18/07, Kenneth Loafman <address@hidden> wrote:

Whoops, that should be:

   duplicity --remove-older-than 7D --force scp://...

The --force allows duplicity to actually delete them.

...Ken

Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> This is a known problem.  You need to add a step before:
>
>    duplicity --remove-older-than 7D scp://address@hidden /backup/
>
> I've looked at the code and rather than fixing it, I may just force it
> to have those semantics.  It is comparable to --cleanup, and probably
> should not be run at the same time as a backup or restore.
>
> ...Ken
>
> Edward Chadwick wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have set up an automated backup using duplicity, and am having trouble
>> with the --remove-older-than option. Whether I run it as part of an
>> incremental command
>>
>>   duplicity --remove-older-than 7D /backup scp://address@hidden/backup/
>>
>> or a full backup
>>
>>   duplicity --full --remove-older-than 7D /backup
>> scp://address@hidden/backup/
>>
>> it never deletes any files.
>>
>> I realise it won't delete anything that is required by more recent
>> backups, but after a full backup it should be able to delete everything
>> prior to that, correct? Am I missing something?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ed Chadwick.
>>
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