Re: [Duplicity-talk] some questions (--remove-than-older, --cleanup, --archive-dir)

[Antony]

Hi Ken, thanks for your reply..

I tried the cleanup.. it worked well..
And I also tried the remove-older-than .. but I got this error:

Which can't be deleted because newer sets depend on them.
No old backup sets found, nothing deleted.

Does this mean I have to make full backup first before deleting old
ones? Cause I really can't, it took me 2 full days to make my first
full backup :(

rgds,
Antony

On Nov 6, 2007 2:28 AM, Kenneth Loafman <address@hidden> wrote:
> Antony wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm trying to figure how how to make --remove-older-than and --cleanup
> > option works... duplicity is complaining about an incomplete backup set.
> >
> > this is my current duplicity command on debian etch...
> >
> > duplicity --allow-source-mismatch --remove-older-than 2M --cleanup
> > --encrypt-key="xxxxx" [source] [target]
> >
> > After searching this list I found out that --remove-older-than and
> > --cleanup should be on a separate command.. but I don't know should I
> > use [source] [target] here .. or just [target] ?
>
> Both commands require --force to allow them to actually delete.  You
> only need the [target] spec for these commands.
>
> > I started the backup job without --archive-dir, now after reading about
> > it, I'd like to use it.. can I just put --archive-dir to the command
> > right now?
>
> On the next full backup you can start using it.
>
> > I'm guessing this is what my final backup commands should be:
> > duplicity --allow-source-mismatch --archive-dir [dir]
> > --encrypt-key="xxxxxx" [source] [target]
> > duplicity --allow-source-mismatch --remove-older-than 2M
> > --encrypt-key="xxxxxx" [target]
> > duplicity --allow-source-mismatch --cleanup --encrypt-key="xxxxxx"
> > [source] [target]
> >
> > also:
> > duplicity told me that I need to put --allow-source-mismatch, I did
> > change the target url once.. is there a way to remove this?
>
> Target url does not matter.  What must have changed was the source url.
>  Source mismatch means you are trying to store two different sources in
> the same target.
>
> > Is it ok to run cleanup all the time or just when there is an incomplete
> > backup set ?
>
> I run cleanup and remove-older-than before each backup to keep things
> clean.  Helps to save space if you're tight.
>
> > I hope it's correct to put all the questions here than to send out more
> > than one postings. Thanks a lot for your time.
>
> No problem, hope it helps.
>
> ...Ken
>
>
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