Back In Time

Stopping Backintime

Asked by Daniel Smith

Hi,

This has been discussed else where here, but I'm not sure where to go.
I mistakenly included a linked folder on another server that has 2TB of data.
I have since added an exclusion folder, killed the processes, rebooted the computer and finally uninstalled the software.
But when it was re-installed it simply resumed from where it had left off!!!!

I just love the robustness of this but there needs to be someway for idiots like myself, to clean the slate and start again.

I need to find where the configuration data is stored, so i can nuke it? but some longer term solution needs to included.

kind regards daniel

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Dan (danleweb) said : 		#1

BIT store it's config in ~/.config/backintime folder.

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Daniel Smith (greenembrace) said : 		#2

Hi,

Thanks Dan. I did have a hunt around and found it. Cleaned up the data that should not have been backed-up then restarted.
All works like a dream, It is a great piece of work.
I still think a few additions for Dumbo's like me and i guess lots of other users who are not technically savvy, would open up the software. Lots of folk simply give up when problems mount up.

kind regards again
Daniel

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Christopher Small (metasoarous) said : 		#3

Can this be unmarked as "solved"? I agree that there should really be a slicker way to deal with this situation. Wanting to cancel a backup because of an oversight in setup is really not so uncommon an occurrence. A nice "Cancel" button that handled this gracefully would be wonderful.

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Thomas TEMPE (thomas-tempe) said : 		#4

I agree with Christopher. Please add a "stop currently running backup process" button in the interface.

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Thomas TEMPE (thomas-tempe) said : 		#5

OK, here is the feature request : https://bugs.launchpad.net/backintime/+bug/448305

Problem solved.