I would like to be able to remove all references to a directory or file
from a rdiff-backup directory as if the directory/file never existed to
save disk space.
Example:
I backup a filesystem called "/mystuff" and under this directory is a
subdirectory called "xyz". I remove "xyz" from under /mystuff and it
now, as expected, disappears from my backup the next time I run
rdiff-backup. However, under rdiff-backup-data/increments there are
references to this directory still using disk space. I know these
references are there so I can restore my "xyz" directory, but I don't
ever want to restore it, I just want the disk space back.
It would make sense that these references would need to be removed as
well as references in the mirror_metadata* files. Is this correct?
Has somebody already written a script to do this?
Thanks
David Hiltz
