Hi, according to rdiff-backups doc, excluded files are just treated as if they would not exist. This means that a snapshot of such a file will be created in the metadata once a backup run with the exclusion is performed, and the file will be deleted from the mirror data.
Cheers, david "Dominic Raferd" <domi...@timedicer.co.uk> schrieb: >I agree that makes sense in terms of the question in the body of your >posting. But the subject of your posting was a slightly different >question: 'What happens if you add a --exclude to an existing >rdiff-backup?' > >If a week ago you added --exclude /home/fred to your rdiff-backup line > >backing up /home, will /home/fred now be removed from the destination >by >a "--remove-older-than 5D" run? > >In other words, if you add exclusion criteria to an existing >rdiff-backup run, are the copies of the newly-excluded files removed >from the main repository and placed in the increments folder [in which >case they *would* be removed by a subsequent --remove-older-than >command], or are they just left where they were [in which case they >*wouldn't* be]? > >I don't know the answer, but if someone does I would be interested. > >Dominic > >On 07/01/11 21:31, Chris G wrote: >> 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 > >_______________________________________________ >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 -- D. Kriesel / dkriesel.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
