David Hiltz <dhiltz < at > whsun1.wh.whoi.edu> writes:
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.
[...]
Has somebody already written a script to do this?
Nope. It is on the features wishlist twice already, though.
http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/MetadataDiddling
http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RemoveSpecifiedFiles
