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 How to delete backups at certain positions?

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ravl13
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38 Posts

Posted - 2013-11-14 : 12:48:49
Hi,

I have a database of mostly names and addresses, and I make backups before I do any major data update attempts in the event that I screw something up during the update.

I've uploaded a screenshot of one of my backup files:

http://i.imgur.com/W1G3Fua.png

We can see that I have 33 "backups" in this one backup file. What is the best way for me to delete the backups in positions 1 - 30? They're old enough that I don't need them anymore.

James K
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

3873 Posts

Posted - 2013-11-14 : 15:37:17
I don't know of a way to delete selected backups from a backup set. I always take each backup into a new file. That also protects me from the whole backup set being rendered unusuable because of file corruption.
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