Nick Bright wrote at about 23:27:58 -0500 on Sunday, May 22, 2011:
 > 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
 > 

The usage *clearly* gives a list of required input parameters,
including share name:
           -s <share>
Also, the usage says to use '-m' if you want to use unmangled paths.

So true there are not any specific examples, but the usage (-h) is
rather completely documented...

 > 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?

The path names are relative to the share name (which you have
omitted). Leading slash names are optional.

 > 
 > Any advice appreciated
 > 
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