Re: [Duplicity-talk] Automatic backups

[Kenneth Loafman]

All but the latest sig file should have been deleted.  Were they all
deleted?

I'm not sure of any interaction between cleanup and archive-dir.  I'll
check into it and see what I can find.

...Ken

Fabiano Bonin wrote:
> I did "duplicity --cleanup --force --archive-dir
> /share/duplicity.archive <dest>" and i had all signature files deleted
> from <dest>. Is it expected? Should i use --archive-dir with --cleanup
> command?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Fabiano.
> 
> On 10/8/07, Fabiano Bonin <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Ok, i have just figured out that when i use command
>> --remove-older-than <time>, if i want to keep just the last full
>> backup and the next increments, i can use 'now' as <time>, because
>> duplicity is smart and don't delete the last chain. So, the automatic
>> backup procedure could be achieved this way:
>>
>> duplicity --cleanup <destination>
>> duplicity --full-if-older-than <time> <source> <destination>
>> duplicity --remove-older-than now <destination>
>>
>> On 10/8/07, Kenneth Loafman <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> It actually takes 3 commands (--cleanup is a command).
>>>
>>> duplicity --cleanup ...
>>> duplicity --remove-older-than ...
>>> duplicity --full-if-older-than ...
>> Is there some reason for you to use 'remove-older-than' command before
>> 'full-if-older-than'? It seems safer to guarantee a full backup and
>> then to remove anything. Maybe you are trying to save the total space
>> needed for the process?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Fabiano.
>>
> 
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