On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 06:38:22PM -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote: > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Chris G<c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > Is there any easy/obvious way of archiving old data out of home > > directories so that rdiff-backup backups shrink? I suspect that there > > isn't but it's surely an important requirement for any sane backup system. > > > > My home directory is now something like 220Gb, of that about half > > (mostly images) is real live data, the other half is backups done > > during OS upgrades, backups of other users' data, backups of old disk > > drives, etc. I really don't need live backups of this 'other half' > > but I can't see any easy way of getting rid of it such that it > > actually cuts down what rdiff-backup copies as well. > > > > Is there any way around this problem? > > Can you put it all in a "backup" directory under home? > > If so, tell rdiff-backup not to backup that directory. It has an > exclude capability. > But that doesn't clear it out of the destination once it's there.
I have lots of old bits and pieces around that I used to want to backup but I don't want to any more. I can *delete* then from the 'source' but how does one clear them off the destination? -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
