[Duplicity-talk] remove-all-inc-of-but-n-full doesn't seem to do anything

[Kenneth R Smith]

I recently added a line to my backup scripts to remove some of my older 
incrementals, but I noticed that I was getting the same output from that 
part of the script every day.
I put the relevant line into a script all by itself and get the same result.
Here's the script:
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#!/bin/bash

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="XXXX"
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="XXXX"
export PASSPHRASE=XXXX

duplicity remove-all-inc-of-but-n-full 3 --archive-dir 
/root/backup/.cache/duplicity --name backup-bs5 --force 
s3+http://bucket/folder

unset PASSPHRASE
unset AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
unset AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
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Every time, I get this same output, so it seems that the files aren't 
really being removed from s3:
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Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.
Last full backup date: Wed Dec 25 04:15:02 2013
Deleting backup chains at times:
Fri Jan 25 04:07:58 2013
Sun Feb 24 04:08:15 2013
Wed Mar 27 04:08:58 2013
Sat Apr 27 04:08:17 2013
Tue May 28 04:08:18 2013
Thu Jun 27 04:08:24 2013
Sat Jul 27 04:08:30 2013
Tue Aug 27 04:08:25 2013
Thu Sep 26 04:08:29 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Thu Sep 26 04:08:29 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Thu Sep 26 04:08:29 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Tue Aug 27 04:08:25 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Tue Aug 27 04:08:25 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Sat Jul 27 04:08:30 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Sat Jul 27 04:08:30 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Thu Jun 27 04:08:24 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Thu Jun 27 04:08:24 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Tue May 28 04:08:18 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Tue May 28 04:08:18 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Sat Apr 27 04:08:17 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Sat Apr 27 04:08:17 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Wed Mar 27 04:08:58 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Wed Mar 27 04:08:58 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Sun Feb 24 04:08:15 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Sun Feb 24 04:08:15 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Fri Jan 25 04:07:58 2013
Deleting incremental signature chain Fri Jan 25 04:07:58 2013
Deleting incremental backup chain Thu Sep 26 04:08:29 2013
Deleting incremental backup chain Tue Aug 27 04:08:25 2013
Deleting incremental backup chain Sat Jul 27 04:08:30 2013
Deleting incremental backup chain Thu Jun 27 04:08:24 2013
Deleting incremental backup chain Tue May 28 04:08:18 2013
Deleting incremental backup chain Sat Apr 27 04:08:17 2013
Deleting incremental backup chain Wed Mar 27 04:08:58 2013
Deleting incremental backup chain Sun Feb 24 04:08:15 2013
Deleting incremental backup chain Fri Jan 25 04:07:58 2013

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Any advice on how to determine what's going on?

Thanks, -Ken-

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