Am 11.01.2013 um 19:53 schrieb ken: > On 01/11/2013 12:36 PM Les Mikesell wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 11:29 AM, ken<gebser at mousecar.com> wrote: >>> Considering using rsync on a couple systems for backup, I was wondering >>> if it's possible, and if so how difficult is it, to delete files which >>> have been backed up (in order to save space on the backup media). >>> >>> Anyone with experience doing this? >> >> Can you be more specific about the problem you are trying to solve? >> Backuppc normally expires/deletes backups at a specified rate by >> itself and it only stores one copy of any identical file regardless of >> how many times it is backed up. You aren't going to save any space >> by deleting old copies of something that is still on any target you >> are backing up. >> > > Les, thanks for replying. Yeah, I guess I need to clarify. > > I've got a system which is due for an upgrade and, at the same time, > would like to clean up (delete) files and, in some instances, entire > directories. Insurance against sudden disk failure is one other concern. > > If I delete files and entire directories on that (source) machine, will > rsync then subsequently automatically delete them on the destination > (backup) system? How looks your "rsync" command that you execute? If you specify --delete : yes e.g. rsync --delete /sourceroot destination:/srv/backup/machinex/ > Or would I need also to run an rsync command to > delete the same on the destination system? > And, if yes, what rsync command would do that? -- LF