>>>>> On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:32:44 +0000, Dermot Beirne said:
> 
> Hi Graham,
> I think this is a key feature, and am surprised it's not easily
> possible.  The user should have the choice.  I saw the blog entries
> you refer to, and that bug appears to have been fixed, but I don't see
> what use it is in the current system.  If it's not possible to get
> bacula to purge a volume until it has absolutely no option, (which it
> then truncates and relabels anyway) then under what circumstances is
> the actiononpurge=trucate feature useful?
> 
> Hence I am wondering if I am misunderstanding how Bacula works in
> regard to purging volumes.
> 
> There must have been a good reason to implement this new feature, and
> I think it's what I need, but I can't see how to use it properly.

The documation explains how to use it the actiononpurge=trucate feature:

http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/New_Features_in_5_0_1.html#SECTION00410000000000000000

It isn't intended to be automatic.

__Martin

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