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

[Chris G]

On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 06:38:22PM -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> 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.
> 
But that doesn't clear it out of the destination once it's there.

I have lots of old bits and pieces around that I used to want to
backup but I don't want to any more.  I can *delete* then from the
'source' but how does one clear them off the destination?

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Chris Green