On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 02:38:45PM -0500, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > When the files are deleted, they are copied to the increments folder and > kept till they are removed by --remove-older-than. > That makes sense, thank you.
> 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 -- 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
