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[Bacula-users] Fwd: How do the purge command work?

2008-08-29 08:49:18
Subject: [Bacula-users] Fwd: How do the purge command work?
From: "John Drescher" <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: "bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net" <Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>, xianqingyang AT ethos.com DOT cn
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:49:12 -0400
>Hi, could you help me as follow?
>Many thanks.
>I don't know why I can send mail to bacula use list. :(

>Hi,

>I have backed up data to the volume (File). Before I do purge command, I find 
>the volume (e.g /disk/volume001) size is 5000M

>After I use "purge" command to try to delete client files, I find the size of 
>volume does not changed (still be 5000M).

>Why? I think the purge command should delete old files on the volume, doesn't 
>it?

Disk volumes are not truncated or deleted when purged.

John

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