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[Kenneth Loafman <kenneth@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why don't you try the '--full-if-older-than=30d' option?  It will force a
full backup after 30d.

In the man page there are options that control how to delete full backups,
incremental backups, etc.

...Ken

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Rodrigo Alvarez <
question180135@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Question #180135 on Duplicity changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/180135
>
>    Status: Answered => Solved
>
> Rodrigo Alvarez confirmed that the question is solved:
> Thanks Edso, I increased the file limit and it successfully verified.
>
> I do have a long backup chain.  To me this is the essence of incremental
> backups.
>
> This is another discussion but I've been spoiled by the TimeMachine that
> automatically prunes old backups.   It would be great if duplicity did
> something similar.  I would love the following functionality:
> 1. Start with a full backup.
> 2. Follow with daily backups.
> 3. At the end of the month, do a monthly backup. A backup that stores the
> diff from day one to day 30, so that I could then delete all the daily
> backups.
> 4. Three months down the line delete the old daily backups.
>
> This way, we keep long-lasting chains with relatively short depth
> without sacrificing daily backups.
>
> I know I could do this in a script, but it'd be really good if duplicity
> could handle this internally....
>
> Thanks again,
>
> +R
>
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