BackupPC-users

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

2012-09-24 18:08:02
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Proper way to remove all but most recent backups
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:06:56 -0500
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Kameleon <kameleon25 AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply. With this is there an easier way to delete ALL
> backups older than the newest full? While I can go in and manually delete
> with this script every full and thus every incremental it is time consuming
> to delete all 50+ of them per host.

Unless you are out of space to the point where backups won't start,
you should be able to just set the number you want in the 'schedule'
section of the config editor and let the system clean things up on the
next run.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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