Is there any downside to this:
$Conf{IncrFill} = 1;
If I can help it, I only want to do incremental backups. It seems to me
that with this option turned on, there's no reason not to just set
$Conf{FullKeepCnt} = 1;
$Conf{FullKeepCntMin} = 1;
and let the full backups all expire. It also seems like the space
required for hardlinks is really tiny, and probably at least as efficient
as whatever method you're using to keep track of which files in which
incremental belong to which full backup.
Also -- I want to schedule daily backups that expire when they are a week
old, leaving one weekly backup. I want the weekly backups to expire when
they are a quarter old, leaving one quarterly backup. I want the
quarterly backups to never die. Can I do this? Can I do it with all
incremental backups as above?
I have a feeling that the easiest way to do this is going to be to leave
on IncrFill and occasionally mv a backup (manually, from a cron job) into
a separate folder. I think, from reading the docs, that files are cleaned
from the pool based on hardlink count. If so, those files should still
stay in the pool, correct?
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