[BackupPC-users] A cleanup question for orphaned backup directories.

I've encountered an interesting issue:

In $TopDir/pc/host, I have some orphaned directories that don't appear in $TopDir/pc/host/backups.

For example: this host shows two extra directories, and XferLOGs for backup #5 and #6 that does not appear in the 'backups' file:

$ ls isxxt004

0 17 19 21 23 6 backups LOCK LOG.052017 RestoreInfo.0 restores XferLOG.15.z XferLOG.18.z XferLOG.20.z XferLOG.22.z XferLOG.5.z XferLOG.8.z

15 18 20 22 5 8 backups.old LOG.042017.z refCnt RestoreLOG.0.z XferLOG.0.z XferLOG.17.z XferLOG.19.z XferLOG.21.z XferLOG.23.z XferLOG.6.z XferLOG.bad.z.old

$ cat isxxt004/backups | cut -f 1,2 -d ' '

0 full

8 incr

15 incr

17 incr

18 incr

19 full

20 incr

21 incr

22 incr

23 incr

The odd thing is that the LOG suggests that Backups #5 and #6 should have been deleted:

...

2017-05-11 20:04:32 incr backup started for directory /

2017-05-11 20:08:38 incr backup 12 complete, 182376 files, 182376 bytes, 0 xferErrs (0 bad files, 0 bad shares, 0 other)

2017-05-11 20:08:38 Removing unfilled backup 3

2017-05-11 20:08:38 BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #3

2017-05-11 20:08:38 BackupPC_backupDelete: No prior backup for merge

2017-05-11 20:08:46 BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host isxxt004 got 0 errors (took 7 secs)

2017-05-11 20:08:46 Finished BackupPC_backupDelete, status = 0 (running time: 8 sec)

2017-05-12 20:03:29 incr backup started for directory /

2017-05-12 20:05:03 incr backup 13 complete, 182381 files, 182381 bytes, 0 xferErrs (0 bad files, 0 bad shares, 0 other)

2017-05-12 20:05:04 Removing unfilled backup 5

2017-05-12 20:05:04 BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #5

2017-05-12 20:05:04 BackupPC_backupDelete: No prior backup for merge

2017-05-12 20:05:08 BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host isxxt004 got 0 errors (took 4 secs)

2017-05-12 20:05:08 Finished BackupPC_backupDelete, status = 0 (running time: 4 sec)

2017-05-13 20:03:17 incr backup started for directory /

2017-05-13 20:05:20 incr backup 14 complete, 182388 files, 182388 bytes, 0 xferErrs (0 bad files, 0 bad shares, 0 other)

2017-05-13 20:05:20 Removing unfilled backup 6

2017-05-13 20:05:21 BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #6

2017-05-13 20:05:21 BackupPC_backupDelete: No prior backup for merge

2017-05-13 20:05:25 BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host isxxt004 got 0 errors (took 4 secs)

2017-05-13 20:05:25 Finished BackupPC_backupDelete, status = 0 (running time: 5 sec)

...

I'm looking for some advice on the best or safest way to clean up, or re-link in the extra directories.

At this point, I'm not concerned about losing the incremental backup history, and just want to get the '$TopDir/pc' tree into a consistent state.

Thanks!

Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana.

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