Hi, I have a long established backup with some large files which I would like to move to another directory withing the same backup (or just remove entirely from the backup) as a clean up of the original disk space/organization. I would like to avoid extra many GBs in the next incremental backup session when those files are moved/removed. I don't need their history - they will be backed up in another way/place.
Firstly, I was plying with removing just related information from "increments" directory. Unfortunately it made restore/verification lopped with 100% CPU utilization. I needed to remove all information about affected files also from extended_attributes.*, file_statistics.*, etc. I feel it like asking for trouble. Two questions: 1. Do you know any better way of removing files from a (rdiff-)backup without generating a "negative" diff in the next backup? 2. Do you see any additional risk with manual manipulation of rdiff-backup files if --verify and --restore (checked selectively) seem to work fine? Marcin _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
