Nick Bright wrote at about 23:27:58 -0500 on Sunday, May 22, 2011:
> On 5/22/2011 7:14 PM, Nick Bright wrote:
> > Sounds to me like the BackupPC_deleteFile script is the way to go:
> > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=BackupPC_DeleteFile
> >
> > I found it some time after posting my original question.
> >
>
> I am having a great deal of difficulty getting this to work. It runs OK
> but the output is just:
>
> [hostname][][472 483 507 531 541 551 562 574 584 589 594 595 596 597 598
> 599 600 601][]
> ANTE[hostname]:
> BAKS[hostname]: 472 483 507 531 541 551 562 574 584 589 594 595 596
> 597 598 599 600 601
> POST[hostname]:
> LOOKING AT: [hostname] [][472 483 507 531 541 551 562 574 584 589 594
> 595 596 597 598 599 600 601][] **NO DELETIONS ON THIS HOST**
>
>
> Files/directories deleted: 0(0) Files/directories copied: 0
> Delete attrib set: 0 Attributes cleared: 0
> Empty attrib files deleted: 0 Errors: 0
>
> No matter what options I give it, it just won't delete anything.
>
> There is a complete void of examples, and there is no indication of what
> valid inputs are for the arguments are in the documention, so I'm not
> even sure if I'm doing it correctly.
>
> I've tried:
>
> BackupPC_deleteFile.pl -h hostname -n - -d 4 /var/log/maillog
> BackupPC_deleteFile.pl -h hostname -n 600 -d 4 /var/log/maillog
> BackupPC_deleteFile.pl -h hostname -n 600 -d 4
> /backup/backuppc/pc/hostname/600/f%2f/fvar/flog/fmaillog
> BackupPC_deleteFile.pl -h hostname -n - -d 4 /fvar/flog/fmaillog
>
The usage *clearly* gives a list of required input parameters,
including share name:
-s <share>
Also, the usage says to use '-m' if you want to use unmangled paths.
So true there are not any specific examples, but the usage (-h) is
rather completely documented...
> But they all just give the same output - nothing deleted.
>
> The key thing that's missing from the documentation is how to specify
> the file/directory that you would like to delete. Do you specify the
> file on the local filesystem? Do you specify the file on the remote host
> that's been backed up? Do you have to specify the full path name, or the
> relative path name?
The path names are relative to the share name (which you have
omitted). Leading slash names are optional.
>
> Any advice appreciated
>
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