Environment
- Operating system: Debian GNU/Linux testing (buster) x64
- Package: BackupPC 3.3.2
How to
Delete a given backup <backupID> for the host <host>:
rm -rf /var/lib/backuppc/pc/<host>/<backupID>
Once done, switch to the backuppc local user and run the script BackupPC_nightly to prune files from pool no longer used:
su - backuppc /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_nightly 0 255
You’re done!