Re: Question about rerunning a daily backup

On 8/31/06, Rich Bloch <richbl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just had a daily backup fail mid-way through a backup, and I'd like to
> delete just that backup, and effectively rerun it.
>
> Since I know that rsnapshot manages incremental folder names, links, etc.,
> is there a procedure that I can follow so as to help prevent a situation
> where I might "confuse" rsnapshot?

This happens to me a lot.  It's safe to just "rm -rf" the
partially-finished backup and then unrotate the folders.  Consult the
rsnapshot log to see what it rotated, then just undo the rotations in
reverse order.  For the future, you might like the "sync_first" mode.

Matt

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