Okay, I might have handled that incorrectly . . . the "***" (triple asterisk signs) were to obscure the ip address on the mailing list only. That is NOT the ip address my server is using for a client.
Sorry for confusion. I found my "old" BackupPC notes book and in it found a mailing list post from 2009 that instructions to "rm -rf /var/lib/backuppc/pc/[hostname]" and that "BackupPC Nightly" will take care of the rest. I have decided to give that a go and see what happens. --- _______________________________ Bob Wooden of Donelson Trophy 615.885.2846 www.donelsontrophy.com [1] "Everyone deserves an award!!" On 2015-07-24 10:02, Michael Stowe wrote: > On 2015-07-24 06:54, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote: > >> I am receiving this email: The following directories are bogus and are not >> being used by BackupPC. This typically happens when PCs are removed from the >> backup list. If you don't need any old backups from these PCs you should >> remove these directories. If there are machines on this list that should be >> backed up then there is a problem with the hosts file: - >> /var/lib/backuppc/pc/192.168.***.119 Regards, PC Backup Genie This was a >> 'test' host and the host was removed, weeks ago. I assumed that BackupPC >> (v3.3.0) would eventually remove the bogus directory. Searching the 'net' >> results in some very old ways of removing this directory. In the past I >> simply "rm -rf /var/lib/backuppc/pc/192.168.***.119" but I have read that it >> does not work properly. What is the correct manner to remove this bogus >> directory? > > Well, that filename is a bit of a treat. The shell will try to expand it and > you may have unintended consequences unless you escape the stars ... > > cd /var/lib/backuppc/pc > cd 192.168.***.119 (or) cd "192.168.***.119" > rm -f -r * > cd .. > rmdir 192.168.***.119 (or) rmdir "192.168.***.119" Links: ------ [1] http://www.donelsontrophy.com
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