[Box Backup] cleanup - deleted files

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Berni,

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009, berni wrote:

> i have a problem with the svn version of boxbackup.
>
> There are a lot of "Deleted files" But they are using all the space on 
> my server.
>
> I set the softlimit to a low value. I also uncommented the folder with 
> huge files @client side but it does not help

That is very strange. If you set the soft limit below the amount of 
non-deleted and non-old data, then all old and deleted files should be 
removed on the next housekeeping run. If that does not happen, as it 
appears not to on your system, please enable debugging by running bbstored 
with the -V option, and enable your system logs to log debug level 
messages for Box Backup if necessary, and send us (or just me if you 
prefer) the logs from a housekeeping run.

> when is the server doing the housekeeping ??

You should see "starting housekeeping" and "finished housekeeping" 
messages in your system logs even without enabling debugging. Please let 
us know if you do not, and include a copy of your /etc/syslog.conf.

> ps: by the way cool project. I'm part of a homeserver project 
> (satega.org) maybe we will include this backup solution as our main 
> backup method.

Thanks, I hope that you will.

Cheers, Chris.
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