Re: [BackupPC-users] Manually deleting a backup

2006-10-21 Thread Jono Woodhouse
> Thanks, but I don't want to completely remove that host; I only want to > remove its oldest backup or two. I have several old "full" backups > which I don't really need. Have you tried to set (in config file for that machine): $Conf{FullKeepCnt} Bear in mind that $Conf{FullKeepCntMin} and $Conf

Re: [BackupPC-users] Manually deleting a backup

2006-10-21 Thread Toby Johnson
Jono Woodhouse wrote: What is the best way to remove an old backup I don't need? >From memory: 1. Remove the machine entry from your xxx/conf/hosts file (or /etc/BackupPC/hosts file if you did a fresh install of v3.00beta) 2. You can delete the xxx/pc/machine folder - but tha

Re: [BackupPC-users] Manually deleting a backup

2006-10-21 Thread Jono Woodhouse
> What is the best way to remove an old backup I don't need? >From memory: 1. Remove the machine entry from your xxx/conf/hosts file (or /etc/BackupPC/hosts file if you did a fresh install of v3.00beta) 2. You can delete the xxx/pc/machine folder - but that won't save you much disk space (yet). 3.

[BackupPC-users] Manually deleting a backup

2006-10-21 Thread Toby Johnson
What is the best way to remove an old backup I don't need? My backup drive is full and I need to temporarily clear up some space. If I just "rm -rf" the numeric directory containing that backup, will backuppc take care of cleaning everything else up? ---

Re: [BackupPC-users] Windows rsync service suggestion (nice)

2006-10-21 Thread Jono Woodhouse
> Is it possible to add "nice" to cygwin-rsyncd package ? Hi Alfred Although I can't comment re cygwin-rsyncd, you can use (Free) Process Priority Saver - so that this process is always loaded as Idle priority. Here's a link to the product. This product is marked as free for personal use, and