Alex Samad wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:56:12AM -0700, plug bert wrote:
>   
>> Hello All,
>>
>>   Is it possible to delete the initial mirror made by rdiff-backup after an 
>> incremental backup is made?
>>
>>
>>   We're looking into ways of performing incremental backups for mbox-style 
>> mailboxes; is this setup possible:
>>
>> Sunday: make an initial mirror
>> Monday - Saturday: schedule incremental backup, *delete* initial mirror
>>
>> Sunday: make initial mirror(i.e. reformat the mirror drive, start from 
>> scratch)
>>
>> Monday - Saturday : incremental backup again
>>
>>
>>     Let's say someone deleted a file on Wednesday; *without* the initial 
>> mirror, is it possible to restore the file?
>>     
>
> i think you can use remove older than 7B - mean delete anything older
> than 7 runs or 7D for delate any info older than 7 days.
>
> Not sure if rdiff-backup has the concept of full / incremental -
> although it incrementally updates the backup.
>   
Gents, rdiff-backup uses reverse diffs. So the mirror is a 'current'
mirror and the diffs are from there backwards in time.

Cheers
Gavin K
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