I have some big chunks of backup I want to remove. For example I have
backed up a load of virtual machines unnecessarily, these are in
/home/chris/.VirtualBox.
So what do I actually do? The backup command is:-
/opt/bin/rdiff-backup /DataVolume/chris /ExtendVolume/chris
(the files on /DataVolume are put there across the network by rsync)
Is the way to remove my .VirtualBox directory this:-
rdiff-backup --remove-older-than 1s --force /ExtendVolume/chris/.VirtualBox
(I have already told rsync not to copy the .VirtualBox directory across
and I have removed it from /DataVolume)
No, can't do that, it just says:-
root < at > backup$ rdiff-backup --remove-older-than 1s --force /ExtendVolume/chris/.VirtualBox
Fatal Error: Increments for directory /ExtendVolume/chris/.VirtualBox cannot be removed separately.
Instead run on entire directory /ExtendVolume/chris.
So the FAQ is a bit misleading, or at least doesn't simply say 'no' to
the question.
Is there any way out of this problem? If I simply remove .VirtualBox
from /ExtendVolume will anything break, i.e. can I continue to run my
rdiff-backup as at present without seeing loads of errors?
--
Chris Green
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