Re: [Duplicity-talk] backup space full

[Travis H.]

On 8/31/06, Dennis Lubert <address@hidden> wrote:
> Trying without --force I get a huge list of old backup sets where it
> says, that it cannot delete them because newer ones depend on them. Can
> I somehow get rid of that dependency by somehow letting it rearrange
> files?

I assume you have one full and several incrementals.
You could remove all, then do a full backup, at the risk
of not having a backup until it finishes.

Making a full occasionally isn't a bad idea, since otherwise
you have to process all the incrementals during a restore.

Check out the rotation schedule based on that tower game
(used frequently with the BSD backup/restore commands)
if you want some techniques for managing backups.
--
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
Unix "guru" for rent or hire -><- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/
GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066  151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484