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[BackupPC-users] Proper way to remove all but most recent backups

2012-09-24 16:11:45
Subject: [BackupPC-users] Proper way to remove all but most recent backups
From: Kameleon <kameleon25 AT gmail DOT com>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:10:42 -0500
I am trying to figure out the proper way to remove all but the most recent backups on our system. I could just:

cd /var/lib/backuppc/pc/hostname
rm -rf XX (for each old backup)
/usr/share/backuppc/bin/Backuppc_nightly 0 255 (to actually remove the files from the pool)

But is there another way?
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