Re: Problems with backup after using rdiff-backup-delete.py

[Patrik Dufresne]

I've submit your changes into a Pull Request here:
https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/pull/205

On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 11:13 PM Robert Nichols <address@hidden>
wrote:

> On 11/29/19 1:10 PM, Patrik Dufresne wrote:
> > Hi Robert Nichols,
> >
> > Your contribution is welcome. There is a folder with user's contribution
> in
> > rdiff-backup repositories. We could probably leave it their with some
> user
> > warning. So either submit a Pull Request in github or send it here as
> > attachment and will submit it for you.
> >
> > https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/tree/master/tools/misc
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 1:54 PM Robert Nichols <
> address@hidden>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> I do have a fairly massive (~640 lines, ~550 non-comment) shell script
> >> that I agree is ugly, but which has worked fine for me for quite a few
> >> years (last modified 7 years ago) and successfully purges both specific
> >> files and entire subtrees from an rdiff-backup archive. The principal
> >> limitations are that it does not support long_filename_data (refuses to
> run
> >> if any found) and does not handle Mac resource fork metadata (ignores
> it).
> >> I'll send it to anyone who wants to try it, or I can put it up for
> comment
> >> and/or ridicule if someone would tell me where and how to do that. All I
> >> can guarantee is that if it eats any babies, those will be the first
> babies
> >> it has ever eaten.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bob Nichols     "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address.
> >>                   Do NOT delete it.
>
> I've sent the script in private email to Patrik rather than force all the
> list recipients to download it. Sorry about the delay. I've been very busy
> lately.
>
> --
> Bob Nichols     "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address.
>                  Do NOT delete it.
>
>
>

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Patrik Dufresne <address@hidden>