[Box Backup] Problem with "excluded" folder not removed from store

robinharteveld at gmail.com robinharteveld at gmail.com
Fri Oct 1 14:01:50 BST 2010


Hi,

Some time ago I had some problems getting my old-files deleted.
so below:

On Wed, 14 Jul 2010, I wrote:

------ I'd very strongly advise you to leave bbackupd running and don't  
start
------ another one. It keeps state in memory that reduces your bandwidth
------ usage, -and you lose that if you kill it. It should not be necessary  
to
------ start -another one, so you should not have problems with multiple
------ bbackupd -processes. When it finishes a backup, it will wait for the
------ defined -interval and then start another one automatically.
------
------ I change my bbackupd.conf sometimes. (to exclude/include a folder or
------ filetype.) Does a sync process take notice off these changes? Or can  
i
------ do a bbackupd reload? (instead of restart)


Chris said:
-You can kill it with -HUP to re-read the config, but that discards the
-saved state as well, so I'd advise you not to do it often.


What about the "StoreObjectInfoFile" option? Is it safe to use? (on  
boxbackup 0.11r2)

thanks,

Robin
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