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Timeshift does not delete old backup logs in /var/log/timeshift #358

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K1teenz opened this issue Oct 21, 2024 · 1 comment
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Timeshift does not delete old backup logs in /var/log/timeshift #358

K1teenz opened this issue Oct 21, 2024 · 1 comment

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@K1teenz
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K1teenz commented Oct 21, 2024

Describe the bug
Timeshift seems to be making hourly backup logs in /var/log/timeshift, with no automatic procedure of removing old logs. This results in taking up a lot of system storage that a lot of users may need to be freed up. My log directory took up about 100gb of storage across ~470 log files.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
No reproduction procedure - the logs are produced as a result of standard use of Timeshift for system backup and recovery

Expected behavior
I expect that a backup log system should automatically remove older logs, to not bloat up system storage or have hundreds of files like here.

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Rather than a screenshot, here is a .txt result of ls -lagGAh /var/log/timeshift > logs.txt
logs.txt

Timeshift settings:
Snapshot Type: Btrfs
Auto-Snapshot Schedule (I've changed it in the past, but here is the current setting): Keep 4 Daily, Keep 2 Boot
User Home Directories: Include

System:

  • Linux Mint 21.3
  • Desktop Environment Cinnamon
  • Application Version: 24.01.1
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