How to free space taken by rdiff-backup data?

Asked Dec 19 '13 at 10:56

Active Dec 19 '13 at 20:48

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I use rdiff-backup for my backups. My disk runs out of space.

I would like to clean some rdiff-backup data by removing either:

In order to free space, how to identify those files?

edited Dec 19 '13 at 20:48

asked Dec 19 '13 at 10:56

Martin Monperrus

The number of versions doesn't matter much, since (if I recall correctly) rdiff-backup uses hardlinks between snapshots. Also, define "not necessary to backup". – Chris Down Dec 19 '13 at 11:01
Clarified both points – Martin Monperrus Dec 19 '13 at 20:48

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