---------------------server---------------------------------------------------------------
[kenny@server1 www]$ ls -l
total 10376
-rw-rw-r-- 1 kenny kenny 10485760 Dec  4  2005 10mb.archive
-rw-rw-r-- 1 kenny kenny    90166 Apr  3 05:24 about.html
-rw-rw-r-- 1 kenny kenny    11408 Apr  3 05:23 contact.html
-rw-rw-r-- 1 kenny kenny    11404 Apr  3 05:23 index.html

---------------------client---------------------------------------------------------------
kenny@client ~ $ rdiff-backup -v3 kenny@server1::/var/www /mnt/server1/www

kenny@client ~ $ ls -l /mnt/server1/www/
total 10360
-rw-rw-r-- 1 kenny kenny 10485760 Dec  5  2005 10mb.archive
-rw-rw-r-- 1 kenny kenny    90166 Apr  3 11:24 about.html
-rw-rw-r-- 1 kenny kenny    11408 Apr  3 11:23 contact.html
-rw-rw-r-- 1 kenny kenny    11404 Apr  3 11:23 index.html
drwx------ 3 kenny kenny     4096 Apr  3 11:27 rdiff-backup-data



later...


---------------------server---------------------------------------------------------------
[kenny@server1 www]$ rm *html
[kenny@server1 www]$ ls
10mb.archive

---------------------client---------------------------------------------------------------
kenny@client ~ $ rdiff-backup -v3 kenny@nl.kennyrasschaert.be::/home/kenny/www /mnt/server1/www
kenny@client ~ $ rdiff-backup -v3 --remove-older-than 1s --force /mnt/server1/www
Deleting increment at time:
Wed Apr  3 11:27:27 2013
kenny@client ~ $ ls -l /mnt/server1/www/
total 10244
-rw-rw-r-- 1 kenny kenny 10485760 Dec  5  2005 10mb.archive
drwx------ 2 kenny kenny     4096 Apr  3 11:33 rdiff-backup-data