When the files are deleted, they are copied to the increments folder and kept till they are removed by --remove-older-than.
Chris G <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > If you delete files/directories from the 'source' of an rdiff-backup > will they get removed from the destination with an appropriate > "--remove-older-than" run? > > For example if rdiff-backup has been backing up a hierarchy with a > directory called 'tmp' for a while and then the 'tmp' directory is > removed can one get rdiff-backup to remove the 'tmp' backups 7 days > later by "--remove-older-than 7D". > > From the man page it sounds as if deleted files *will* be removed:- > > Note that snapshots of deleted files are covered by this opera- > tion. Thus if you deleted a file two weeks ago, backed up imme- > diately afterwards, and then ran rdiff-backup with --remove- > older-than 10D today, no trace of that file would remain. > Finally, file selection options such as --include and --exclude > don't affect --remove-older-than. > > But this bit from the examples section of the documentation worries me > slightly:- > > Note that an existing file which hasn't changed for a year will still be > preserved. But a file which was deleted 15 days ago cannot be restored > after this command is run. > > -- > 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 -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com _______________________________________________ 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
