By default, rsync will only copy new files to the destination and update existing ones, but it does not delete files which are not present in the source unless it receives the --delete parameter. Sounds like you're probably missing that. ________________________________ From: Kirby <joeki...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, May 6, 2024 17:55 To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net <backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC remembers _everything_
BackupPC has been covering up my stupid mistakes since 2005. Fortunately, I have never done the 'rm -r *' until last week. Good thing was that I was in my home directory so the system itself was untouched and I caught myself before too much could get deleted. 'Not a problem!' I thought. I will just restore from last night's backup and be on my way. I selecting the missing files and directories, started the restore, and went for a walk. When I got back things were in a sorry state. My ~/Downloads directory was has filled up my drive included stuff that had been deleted 5 years ago. Am I misunderstanding how fill works? I though it was filled from the last backup going back to the last non-filled backup. Instead it looks like it is pulling everything it has ever backed up. I am running BackupPC-4.4.0-1.el8.x86_64. Thank you. _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
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