On 10/12/14 15:59, Holger Parplies wrote: > Hi, > > Colin Shorts wrote on 2014-12-10 11:45:41 +0000 [Re: [BackupPC-users] How to > delete backups]: >> You might want to press <Enter> before typing >> `/usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_nightly 0 255', otherwise it will get >> deleted too. > right, press <Enter> *before* the command, *not after*. ***Never*** run > BackupPC_nightly from the command line. ***Never*** advise other to do so. > Really quite simple. > I was just trying to point out that the commands provided would have deleted BackupPC_nightly ;)
On 10/12/14 11:41, Stephen Mew wrote: ~snip~ > rm -fR <backup_number> /usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_nightly 0 255 ~snip~ That wouldn't be good, would it? But as you say, there is no real reason to run the command as cron should take care of it soon enough - unless you were deleting a backup to gain disk space urgently ;) Cheers, Colin -- Colin Shorts [email protected] +44 (0) 131 292 0104 http://www.intrallect.com 137A George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4JY, Scotland Intrallect is part of the Leading Software Group ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
