If the backups on that host are disabled, the incrementals will hang around
forever.
That has been my experience.
Rob C.
On Wed, Aug 20, 2025, 14:04 Matthias--- via BackupPC-users <
backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> edit ../pc/<host>/backups and replace incr by full.
> It will not change the content of your backup but you should be able to
> avoid deletion of it.
>
> On the other hand - if you don't make new backups it will not be removed
> anyway - as far as your
> $Conf{IncrAgeMax} is not reached.
>
> br
> Matthias
>
> Am Mittwoch, dem 20.08.2025 um 17:45 +0000 schrieb backu...@kosowsky.org:
> > My device died and I am no longer to access the device or the data on
> > the device.
> >
> > I would therefore like to save the last incremental as a "full" &
> > "filled" backup so that I can mark it to "keep" it as the last valid
> > backup.
> >
> > Is there any reliable way to convert the (last) incremental into a
> > full backup?
> >
> > I imagine I could restore the backup to some free space on another
> > device and then back it up again but that would require some hacking
> > with device names, share names and path to make it "look" like a
> > legitimate backup from the original device with consistent naming and
> > paths.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> >
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