[rear-users] FULLBACKUP_OUTDATED_DAYS does not work

[Timmy Siu]

Dear All,

My system is running REAR v2.4 very well for more than 6 months.  Today,
I check the disk and it is nearly full.  The reason is:
REAR does not clean up all those old backups from my disk.  There are
still many old backup left from last year.  It seems that
FULLBACKUP_OUTDATED_DAYS=60 does not work.

How do I correct it?

Here are my OS and REAR configuration:
Oracle Linux 7.6 amd64 and REAR V2.4

Thanks for your attention.

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OUTPUT=ISO
ISO_DIR=/mnt/REAR-MSI-OL7/rear/iso-image
USB_DEVICE_FILESYSTEM_LABEL=REAR-MSI-OL7
USB_DEVICE=/dev/sdb1

BACKUP=NETFS
export TMPDIR=/tmphdd
BACKUP_URL=usb:///dev/disk/by-label/REAR-MSI-OL7
BACKUP_PROG_EXCLUDE=('/tmp/*' '/tmphdd/*' '/var/tmp/*' '/media/*' '/mnt/*')
BACKUP_TYPE=incremental
USB_SUFFIX="incrementalbackups"
FULLBACKUPDAY=(Mon)
FULLBACKUP_OUTDATED_DAYS=60
BACKUP_INTEGRITY_CHECK=yes
RESULT_MAILTO=root at localhost