On 1/25/23 11:56 AM, Dieter Heußner via Any discussion of rdiff-backup wrote:
Furthermore I would like to understand the implications of running
rdiff-backup-delete on
the "timely window size" of rdiff-backup:
By specifying the "window size" in rdiff-backup by the option
"--force --remove-older-than"
does rdiff-backup remove outdated "*.gz" files?
The question could be relevant because rdiff-backup-delete opens "*.gz" files,
drops
history information and creates new "*,gz" files which will have a more recent
time-stamp.
Will there be a conflict with respect to the window-size?
Could you also add your answer to the official rdiff-backup documentation.
The relevant date for files in rdiff-backup-data is the date that is part of the file
name, e.g. "mirror_metadata.2022-06-15T21:08:20-05:00.snapshot.gz". The
modification time for that file is irrelevant.
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