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Description of problem: Backup files accumulate in the destination backup directory without end. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.43.3rc1, but this is what I picked up today after the OS update. I noticed this problem weeks ago when I was running the previous version of fwbackups. How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a backup set with destination type set to SSH (in the Destination tab) 2. In 'Options (simple)' tab set "Number of old backups to keep" to some number, 2 for example 3. Start the backup manually several times (more than 2), by clicking on "Backup Set Now" button in the main window Actual results: Backup files accumulate in the destination directory. No backup files are ever removed. Expected results: After reaching the limit, old backup file should be deleted. Additional info: It appears that when the destination type is "Local folder" the purging of old backup files works correctly. On glancing the code (backend.py), in function RemoveOldBackups, it seems that in the beginning the function gathers a list of files from the current directory (which seems to be /tmp) and then it works on that list in order to decide which files are ripe for purging. But the backup files are not in /tmp, they are somewhere across the network ...
Thanks for reporting this. The 1.43.3 release is focusing mainly on improving remote (ssh) support, so I'll try to get this fixed for 1.43.3rc2.
fwbackups-1.43.3-0.3.rc2.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/fwbackups-1.43.3-0.3.rc2.fc11
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fwbackups-1.43.3-0.3.rc2.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update fwbackups'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F11/FEDORA-2009-6096
I don't have time to upgrade my desktop at work to F11 now (I know I should). Without an rpm for F9 I can not test it.
A F9 update is pending now: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/fwbackups-1.43.3-0.2.rc2.fc9
fwbackups-1.43.3-0.3.rc2.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
fwbackups-1.43.3-0.3.rc2.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Fix confirmed. Version 1.43.3rc2 on Fedora 9 works fine now. Thanks!