Re: [BackupPC-users] unclean pool

Hi,

Tony Schreiner wrote on 2009-09-28 20:01:24 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] unclean 
pool]:
> I have been running low on space on my __topdir__ volume, so several
> times in recent weeks, I have moved numbered backup directories to the
> __topdir__/trash folder and removed the appropriate line from the
> corresponding backups file.
> 
> This has recovered a small amount of space but not nearly as much as I
> expected. Today I looked at the pool directory and found that many (even
> a majority) of the files there have a single link, shouldn't
> BackupPC_nightly be removing those?

yes, it should. Is BackupPC_nightly being run (check the log files under
$LogDir)? What are the values of

        $Conf{BackupSchedule}
        $Conf{MaxBackupPCNightlyJobs}
        $Conf{BackupPCNightlyPeriod}

?

> And as a follow up, are those file candidates for me to remove if
> they're not being removed properly?

Well, yes, but you really need to fix whatever problem you're having rather
than get yourself a night job as replacement for BackupPC_nightly ;-). You'd
also need to take care of pool chain renumbering and preventing BackupPC_link
from running while you're busy, so it's a bit more difficult than
'find pool cpool -nlinks 1 -exec rm {} \;' ...

Regards,
Holger

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