Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Age old problem, how to 'archive' old data out of backups?

[Greg Freemyer]

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Chris G<address@hidden> wrote:
> Is there any easy/obvious way of archiving old data out of home
> directories so that rdiff-backup backups shrink?  I suspect that there
> isn't but it's surely an important requirement for any sane backup system.
>
> My home directory is now something like 220Gb, of that about half
> (mostly images) is real live data, the other half is backups done
> during OS upgrades, backups of other users' data, backups of old disk
> drives, etc.  I really don't need live backups of this 'other half'
> but I can't see any easy way of getting rid of it such that it
> actually cuts down what rdiff-backup copies as well.
>
> Is there any way around this problem?

Can you put it all in a "backup" directory under home?

If so, tell rdiff-backup not to backup that directory.  It has an
exclude capability.

Greg