watch mode and backups_to_keep_remote

[romaka]

Hey guys,

does the clihkouse-backup being started in watch mode respect backups_to_keep_remote configuration directive?

I mean, should we expect the utility to remove older backups and keep overall backups count equal to backups_to_keep_remote value?

For instance, to keep one full and seven incremental backups for two weeks, we set backups_to_keep_remote to 16 (2 full + 14 incremental) and start watch with full_interval=168h / watch_interval=24h. But after two weeks of watch process running, the number of backups just keeps increasing so no retention takes place, we suppose.

Do we miss something conceptual and expect something that is not supposed to work that way?

Thanks.

[Slach]

Logic for backup retention is simple

during deletion, old backup will delete only if no references to him in live backups, to avoid break reference in incremental backup sequence
actually you have 2 full + 12 incremental

try to

general:
 backups_to_keep_remote: 8
 backups_to_keep_local: -1

In this case, you will always have 2 full backups 1full +6 incremental in previous week and 1 full + from 1 to 6 of incremental backups in last week depends on current weekday
after third full backup creation, 1+6 incremental will drop

[romaka]

Thank you, mate. I've tried these values as you suggested and everything looks good now.