On 5/22/2011 7:14 PM, Nick Bright wrote:
> Sounds to me like the BackupPC_deleteFile script is the way to go:
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=BackupPC_DeleteFile
>
> I found it some time after posting my original question.
>

I am having a great deal of difficulty getting this to work. It runs OK 
but the output is just:

[hostname][][472 483 507 531 541 551 562 574 584 589 594 595 596 597 598 
599 600 601][]
   ANTE[hostname]:
   BAKS[hostname]: 472 483 507 531 541 551 562 574 584 589 594 595 596 
597 598 599 600 601
   POST[hostname]:
   LOOKING AT: [hostname] [][472 483 507 531 541 551 562 574 584 589 594 
595 596 597 598 599 600 601][] **NO DELETIONS ON THIS HOST**


Files/directories deleted: 0(0)     Files/directories copied: 0
Delete attrib set: 0                Attributes cleared: 0
Empty attrib files deleted: 0       Errors: 0

No matter what options I give it, it just won't delete anything.

There is a complete void of examples, and there is no indication of what 
valid inputs are for the arguments are in the documention, so I'm not 
even sure if I'm doing it correctly.

I've tried:

BackupPC_deleteFile.pl -h hostname -n - -d 4 /var/log/maillog
BackupPC_deleteFile.pl -h hostname -n 600 -d 4 /var/log/maillog
BackupPC_deleteFile.pl -h hostname -n 600 -d 4 
/backup/backuppc/pc/hostname/600/f%2f/fvar/flog/fmaillog
BackupPC_deleteFile.pl -h hostname -n - -d 4 /fvar/flog/fmaillog

But they all just give the same output - nothing deleted.

The key thing that's missing from the documentation is how to specify 
the file/directory that you would like to delete. Do you specify the 
file on the local filesystem? Do you specify the file on the remote host 
that's been backed up? Do you have to specify the full path name, or the 
relative path name?

Any advice appreciated

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