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

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Robin,

On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, robinharteveld at gmail.com wrote:

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

Would it be possible for you to use a mail client that knows how to quote 
replies properly? Reformatting your replies is painful :(

> -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)

It won't help you if you change the config. It should (rightly) discard 
the saved info if the timestamp on the config file changes.

Perhaps I'm not seeing the problem here? There shouldn't be an issue in 
restarting bbackupd occasionally, when you really do change the config. I 
would strong recommend not starting/stopping it all the time, and not 
running multiple copies at the same time. It's designed to run as a 
background process. You can disable automatic backups and use bbackupctl 
to trigger a backup when you want it. If necessary, we can make it 
automatically detect when the config file has changed and discard its 
cached state.

Cheers, Chris.
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