Re: Delete files from backups/pool?

Thanks for the response.

> Not really recommended but if you just deleted the huge files from the
> pool then you'd get some error messages when e.g. nightly checks were
> run, but I think that should be about the extent of the inconvenience.

Not sure I want to try that if it's not recommended but, if I did, how 
would I go about finding and deleting the files given that the historic 
guidance is now obsolete?

> You can safely delete entire backups using the Web interface.  You can
> safely use the script BackupPC_backupDelete for more control to delete
> shares or directories, but not to the level of individual files. The
> script is in BackupPC's /bin/ directory.  Like most BackupPC scripts,
> it should be run by user backuppc.  If you run it with no arguments it
> will give help on usage.  To get the hang of using it, maybe try it on
> a backup that you aren't especially fond of.

OK, thanks. Would deleting all backups that included/referenced the 
files cause them to be cleaned out of the pool (and the space recovered) 
automatically, or is there a further step?

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