Re: [Duplicity-talk] Required to use --force when deleting old backup sets?

[Kenneth Loafman]

Jon Watson wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm playing with the remove-older-than option and have a question. When
> I attempt to run with a remove-older-than nD command which goes far
> enough back to include an entire backup chain, I get this type of output:
> 
> Found old backup sets at the following times:
> Sat May 17 12:32:43 2008
> Sun May 18 03:11:14 2008
> Mon May 19 03:02:33 2008
> Rerun command with --force option to actually delete.
> 
> Note that I have to rerun the command with the --force option in order
> for duplicity to actually complete the deletion. My question is whether
> this is normal
> behaviour in that duplicity will always require the --force option in
> conjunction with the remove-older-than command in order to actually
> perform the deletion
> or if this output indicates something odd with my backup set or command
> that I should fix.

Not to worry, this is the expected action.  You will need to use --force
any time that deletion or overwrite is needed.

...Ken

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