Make home/mc backups remove data after a while

backup/backup_home.sh

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ mkdir -p $BACKUPDIR
 # Incremental backup of the directory locally (hourly?)
 rdiff-backup $DATA $BACKUPDIR
 # Don't keep backups over 1W 
-rdiff-backup --remove-older-than 1W $BACKUPDIR
+rdiff-backup --force --remove-older-than 1W $BACKUPDIR
 
 # Backup to remote
 TIME=$(date +%H%M) 

backup/backup_mc.sh

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ rdiff-backup \
 	--exclude $DIR/scripts/ \
 	$DIR $BACKUPDIR
 
+rdiff-backup --force --remove-older-than 2M $BACKUPDIR
+
 # If time is 00:00/midnight
 if [ "$TIME" = 0000 ] || [ "$NOW" = 1 ]
 then
@@ -32,7 +34,9 @@ then
 	ssh $REMOTE mkdir -p $REMOTEBACKUP
 	# Copy the backup accross
 	# -e ssh makes it secure
-	rsync -azh -e ssh \
+	rsync -azh \
+		--delete \
+		-e ssh \
 		$BACKUPDIR/ \
 		$REMOTE:$REMOTEBACKUP 
 fi