Many thanks to everyone who replied!
Removing the directories worked exactly as I wanted!
The reason I wanted to start fresh is that I completely changed the
directories that I wanted to back up... I started with a small test
directory and now want to remove the test and start backup #0 fresh wit
On 09/07 11:35 , Les Mikesell wrote:
> On 9/7/2010 10:49 AM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> > On 09/07 11:29 , Richard Alloway wrote:
> >> Can I simply delete the data/pc/ tree or do I need to do something
> >> more elegant?
> >
> > That's the first step.
> > To have the space reclaimed you'll n
On Tuesday 07 Sep 2010 16:49:21 Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> That's the first step.
> To have the space reclaimed you'll need to run
> '/usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_nightly 0 255' to clean up the pool
> references.
Two notes:
1. Don't do this at a time such that the regular BackupPC_night
On 9/7/2010 10:49 AM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> On 09/07 11:29 , Richard Alloway wrote:
>> Can I simply delete the data/pc/ tree or do I need to do something
>> more elegant?
>
> That's the first step.
> To have the space reclaimed you'll need to run
> '/usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_nigh
There is a script that automates this and provides some additional
functionality, including updating the list of backups stored at
$TopDir/pc/$client/backups
You can find it at:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=How_to_delete_backups
Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote at
On 09/07 11:29 , Richard Alloway wrote:
> Can I simply delete the data/pc/ tree or do I need to do something
> more elegant?
That's the first step.
To have the space reclaimed you'll need to run
'/usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_nightly 0 255' to clean up the pool
references.
--
Carl Soderstrom
Richard Alloway wrote:
>
> Can I simply delete the data/pc/ tree or do I need to do
> something more elegant?
This is what I've always done.
Doug
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Ben Franklin quote:
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary
Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Hi!
I have been using BackupPC for a while and am very happy with it, once I
finally figured out the idiosyncrasies that were driving me nuts! ;)
One thing that I haven't been able to figure out is how to purge all backups
for a host to start fresh with a new full backup #0.
Can I simply delete
