Looking at source code https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/db/derby/code/tags/10.12.1.1/java/engine/org/apache/derby/impl/store/raw/RawStore.java#backup it appears there is no way without modifying source.
On 20 January 2017 at 21:17, Lazur, Eric J. <eric.la...@jhuapl.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > > > How can I turn off the creation of the BACKUP.HISTORY file that is created > by the Derby database? I am looking for a specific setting in the Derby > configuration that I can adjust that will allow me to either turn off the > generation of the BACKUP.HISTORY file altogether or at least disable any > writing of information to this file. We are maintaining a system that does > frequent backups and we are finding that these BACKUP.HISTORY files are > growing very large and consuming to much disk space. > > > > I have searched through the archives at the Derby site but I have been > unable to locate any information that specifically addresses this issue. > > > > Thank you, > > > > - Eric > > > > JHU/APL > > > -- Peter Ondruška -- kaibo, s.r.o., ID 28435036, registered with the commercial register administered by the Municipal Court in Prague, section C, insert 141269. Registered office and postal address: kaibo, s.r.o., Kališnická 379/10, Prague 3, 130 00, Czech Republic. https://www.kaibo.eu