Re: [rdiff-backup-users] delete initial mirror

[Alex Samad]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:56:12AM -0700, plug bert wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
>   Is it possible to delete the initial mirror made by rdiff-backup after an 
> incremental backup is made?
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>   We're looking into ways of performing incremental backups for mbox-style 
> mailboxes; is this setup possible:
> 
> Sunday: make an initial mirror
> Monday - Saturday: schedule incremental backup, *delete* initial mirror
> 
> Sunday: make initial mirror(i.e. reformat the mirror drive, start from 
> scratch)
> 
> Monday - Saturday : incremental backup again
> 
> 
>     Let's say someone deleted a file on Wednesday; *without* the initial 
> mirror, is it possible to restore the file?

i think you can use remove older than 7B - mean delete anything older
than 7 runs or 7D for delate any info older than 7 days.

Not sure if rdiff-backup has the concept of full / incremental -
although it incrementally updates the backup.

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> tia
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