I'm using the "backup.pl" script, which works fine and is a big help.
From looking at the code it's clear that the "-r XX" option is intended to "rotate", or delete old, backups. I'm using the suggested "-r 30" setting, but a couple of months into it, I have 60 backups, not 30 :-)
I took a look at the section that decides whether or not to delete a dir, and it looks to me like maybe it used to use only a date string for directory names, and now uses date_time... because the pattern matching doesn't allow for the time portion. Anyway, a quick test... I renamed an old directory from: 2006-12-15_01-00 to just 2006-12-15 and running "backup.pl -r 30 ..." deleted the directory as advertised. I'm not able to take the time at the moment to fix this... but thought I would document it for others, and maybe someone will come up with a fix before I have the time to look at it... say, about 3 -- 6 months :-) Mike Morris The Music Place 1617 Willowhurst Avenue San Jose, CA 95125 (408) 445-ARTS (2787) ------------------------------------ Your Free Quote: Parachute for sale, cheap. Only used once, never opened. Slightly soiled. ------------------------------------