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Deleting Timeshift Snapshots ? (lemmy.today)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/linuxmint@lemmy.ml

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Can I delete previous backups, without affecting following backups, Since TimeShift (RSync) make increamental backups.

i'm picasso.

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[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't know this tool, but it's probably using hard links on the filesystem. Deleting any individual instance of the file won't delete it until they are all deleted

[–] gpstarman@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago

So, lets say i have 5 backups.

If I delete 3rd backup leaving others, others should be fine?

But what If I deleted the very first one?