Delete not possible, weired sync

[gummipunkt]

Hi,

our Managed Server has installed

rclone v1.53.3-DEV

• os/arch: linux/amd64
• go version: go1.15.9

As S3-compatible Provider we're using DigitalOcean.

Backup works very well, but there are big issues:

1. Every time we're using

rclone sync /var/www/folder/private/backup/mysql spaces:backup-name/db --multi-thread-streams 8 --ignore-errors --ignore-checksum --config "/var/www/folder/home/ssh_user/rclone_config.txt" --checkers 80 --transfers 80

rclone uploads the complete folder and not only the newest/changed ones

2. Delete oldest files not possible

rclone delete spaces:backup-name/db --max-age 5 --config "/var/www/folder/home/ssh_user/rclone_config.txt"

Does nothing. Here's a screenshot of the DigitalOcean WebGUI, you see, there are some really old files we don't need anymore

Here's a screenshot of the folder where you can see, that in the folder this files are already deleted:

rw------- 1 x client1  361857956 Jun 18 04:05 bak.x.2024-06-18_04.05.01_.tar.gz
-rw------- 1 x client1  361918184 Jun 19 04:05 bak.x.2024-06-19_04.05.01_.tar.gz
-rw------- 1 x client1  361973919 Jun 20 04:05 bak.x.2024-06-20_04.05.01_.tar.gz
-rw------- 1 x client1  362024094 Jun 21 04:05 bak.x.2024-06-21_04.05.01_.tar.gz
-rw------- 1 x client1 1222648196 Jun 20 20:21 bak.xx.2024-06-20_20.20.01_.tar.gz
-rw------- 1 x client1 1222730219 Jun 20 21:21 bak.xx.2024-06-20_21.20.01_.tar.gz
-rw------- 1 x client1 1222769362 Jun 20 22:21 bak.xx.2024-06-20_22.20.01_.tar.gz
-rw------- 1 x client1 1219873219 Jun 20 23:21 bak.xx.2024-06-20_23.20.01_.tar.gz
-rw------- 1 x client1 1219862602 Jun 21 00:22 bak.xx.2024-06-21_00.20.01_.tar.gz
-rw------- 1 x client1 1219898225 Jun 21 01:22 bak.xx.2024-06-21_01.20.01_.tar.gz
-rw------- 1 x client1 1220469895 Jun 21 02:22 bak.xx.2024-06-21_02.20.01_.tar.gz
-rw------- 1 x client1 1220769154 Jun 21 03:22 bak.xx.2024-06-21_03.20.01_.tar.gz

Config:

x@x:~$ cat /var/www/x.com/home/x/rclone_config.txt
[spaces]
type = s3
provider = DigitalOcean
env_auth = false
access_key_id = xxxxx
secret_access_key = xxxxx
region = fra1
endpoint = https://x.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com
acl = private

Perhaps anyone knows whats going on.

Thank you

[kapitainsky]

@gummipunkt

rclone v1.53.3-DEV

This is truly ancient version of rclone (from 2020). No point to investigate problems with it (unless for IT archaeology) as in subsequent 30+ releases many things changed and were fixed. Install the latest one and try again.

[gummipunkt]

Unfortunately, this is the latest release in Debian 11/Bullseye and we've a Managed Server.

[kapitainsky]

Rclone is stand-alone binary you can save anywhere. No need to install any dependencies etc.

[gummipunkt]

Thank you. Started with the latest version. Same problem unfortunately

[kapitainsky]

It does not delete anything because you use --dry-run

It tells you what was skipped and not deleted.

[gummipunkt]

yeah, of course. but why is it empty with --max-age 1 and 10?

[kapitainsky]

Because you do not have any files 1 second (default duration unit) old or less.

Please check docs:

Rclone Filtering

Documentation

What you probably need is:

—min-age 1d