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documentation: update deletion of raw targets

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Axel Burri 2022-11-19 15:16:18 +01:00
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@ -605,10 +605,6 @@ TARGET TYPES
btrfs-send(8), with optional compression and encryption. btrfs-send(8), with optional compression and encryption.
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Note that the target preserve mechanism is currently disabled for
incremental raw backups (btrbk does not delete any incremental raw
files)!
Raw backups consist of two files: the main data file containing the Raw backups consist of two files: the main data file containing the
btrfs send stream, and a sidecar file ".info" containing metadata: btrfs send stream, and a sidecar file ".info" containing metadata:
@ -624,6 +620,11 @@ For 'incremental' backups ("incremental yes"), please note that:
make sure that a non-incremental backup is triggered from time to make sure that a non-incremental backup is triggered from time to
time. time.
* The scheduler will never delete dependent parents of backups
preserved by the retention policy (run btrbk with the '-S',
'--print-schedule' option to get a comprehensive output of the
scheduler results).
* There is currently no support for rotation of incremental backups: * There is currently no support for rotation of incremental backups:
if 'incremental' is set, a full backup must be triggered manually if 'incremental' is set, a full backup must be triggered manually
from time to time in order to be able to delete old backups. from time to time in order to be able to delete old backups.