Re: rdiff-backup-delete: Feature requests

[Robert Nichols]

On 1/25/23 11:56 AM, Dieter Heußner via Any discussion of rdiff-backup wrote:
> Furthermore I would like to understand the implications of running 
> rdiff-backup-delete on
> the "timely window size" of rdiff-backup:
> By specifying the "window size" in rdiff-backup by the option
> "--force --remove-older-than"
> does rdiff-backup remove outdated "*.gz" files?
>
> The question could be relevant because rdiff-backup-delete opens "*.gz" files, 
> drops
> history information and creates new "*,gz" files which will have a more recent 
> time-stamp.
> Will there be a conflict with respect to the window-size?
> Could you also add your answer to the official rdiff-backup documentation.

The relevant date for files in rdiff-backup-data is the date that is part of the file 
name, e.g. "mirror_metadata.2022-06-15T21:08:20-05:00.snapshot.gz". The 
modification time for that file is irrelevant.

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