On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:29:17 -0600 Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Luciano Rocha wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 05:13:11AM -0600, Karl Larsen wrote: > >> I am interested in why you keep the last 15 incremental > >> backups in files away from the main backup. > > > > Why or how? If "why", because I may only notice that I deleted an > > important file or e-mail after a few days. With the backup, I can > > still access them. > > Got it! And very smart! Why not have a protection from > accidental deletion. After all a unix delete is a real delete! > > > > > > If "how", I iterate over the contents of the directory and keep > > variables with the number of entries in the directory and the > > argument to rsync with the link-dest option: > > for d in `ls $host/`; do > > if [ $count -gt 15 ]; then > > ## remove if more than 15 > > rm -fr $host/$d > > elif [ $count -le 2 ]; then > > ## add to link-dest if lower/eq than 2 > > link="--link-dest=$PWD/$host/$d $link" > > fi > > ((count--)) > > done > > > > > > Not to mention rdiff or even rsnapshot. -- Best regards, Chris Registerd Linux user number 448639
