Hi, On 2015-05-07 2:24 PM, Holger Parplies wrote: > Hi, > > Gerald Brandt wrote on 2015-05-07 12:54:51 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Manual > delete script]: >> Sorry. I'm trying to delete specific backups. Some older fulls that I >> don't need anymore. If I recall, the script took the computer name and >> the backup number as arguments, and deleted the files and updated >> anything else it needed to. > I believe 'rm' will get you most of the way. It sort of takes the computer > name and backup number as arguments, too: > > rm -r $TopDir/pc/hostname/num > > It doesn't check dependencies, though, so it will mess up any incremental > backups still depending on the backup you are removing. It will also leave the > line for the backup in the backups file, so BackupPC might still show the > backup in the web interface (I'm not sure whether it checks for the directory > or not). This is easy to fix in a text editor. It also won't remove the > corresponding backup log file. Again: rm. > > If I remember correctly, the script you were referring to went to some trouble > to handle backup dependencies correctly, as well as delete individual *files* > from one or more backups, including fixing the attrib files, which is far more > difficult. It sounds as if you don't need all of that. >
I have a script that keeps backups for a period of time... weekly fulls for 5 weeks, monthly fulls for 12 months, and yearly fulls for 7 years. So the delete script I had is very much needed. Cron runs my scripts every Sunday to keep things clean. I have a matching script that forces full backups on Fridays and the last day of each month. BackupPC is set to never expire full backups. The old manual delete script was great. I wish I could find it again... I left it at an old employers site, and no longer have access. >> It didn't run nightly though. > I wonder why everyone is so obsessed about running BackupPC_nightly *now* (for > every possible value of "*now*"). BackupPC runs it anyway. Each day. Or > rather, each night. Running it *now* rather than in a few hours doesn't make > your hard disk(s) weigh less, consume less power, produce less noise and heat > in the time between, because the file system is less full. > > I see two reasons for wanting to run it out of schedule, and I'll omit both of > them here. Chances are, if you *think* you need to run BackupPC_nightly, you > really need more disk space. I tend to agree. > Regards, > Holger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
