On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:39 AM, plug bert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > i noticed that rdiff-backup has the --delete-older-than option; say you > want to use rdiff-backup to back up mailboxes; after running the initial > mirror, would it be possible to delete the initial mirror the following day, > then just store the deltas indefinitely? AFAIK, Rdiff-backup is an incremental backup system with an interface that looks like a mirror. Incremental backups work by having one full backup and recording the differences between that backup and succeeding versions.You need at least one full backup for it to work - your source directory doesn't count, of course, because your source directory changes often.
> > Alternately, is it possible to store the deltas on a disk separate from the > intial mirror? Technically it doesn't matter where you store the deltas, but for this to work you'll probably have to investigate the directory structure of the backup to isolate which ones are the delta information. > > tia > > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- This email is: [ ] actionable [ ] fyi [ ] social Response needed: [ ] yes [ ] up to you [ ] no Time-sensitive: [ ] immediate [ ] soon [ ] none _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
