> On 04/02/2011 12:00, Alex Schuster wrote: > > For my > /home directory, the last backup is most important of course, but I would > also like to be able to restore the very first backup I did make. All other > backups in between are not that important, and I would like to remove some.
You could restore that fist version to a different location, back it up on a long term storage media, then use --remove-older-than. You would of course no longer use rdiff-backup to restore that first version. > But rdiff-backup only has a --remove-older-than<date> option, not something > like --remove-between<date1> <date2>. Is there some workaround, rdiff-backups uses reverse diffs. The most recent file is complete. Historical versions are a chain of dependent reverse diffs. Removing interim backups yet keeping an older version would require restoring the versions on either side of date1 and date2 and repacking a reverse diff of that change and rewriting all the metadata history referring to file during the in between range to pretend it didn't exist or didn't change. Otherwise the versions before the older date may be worthless. > or do I want the impossible? > Seems tricky and may have unintended consequences. (Insert back-to-the-future warning of choice here :) ) The subversion project skirts the issue by requiring you to dump, filter, and re-import. It isn't something I would want to tackle even though I've thought it would be nice once or twice. > I'm expecially concerned about one backup that has very much data in it that > was only temporary and is no longer needed. I read I could remove those > specific files if I am careful, http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/FAQ.html#remove_dir http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org/wiki/index.php/FAQs#How_do_I_remove_files_from_the_backup_set_.2F_I_didn.27t_like_answer_.238_in_the_official_FAQ Also tricky. Best of luck, -- Jacob _______________________________________________ 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
