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For SmartServer 3.5 and higher, see Managing the SmartServer SD Card.

For SmartServer 3.3 and prior, see Managing the SmartServer SD Card (Release 3.3 and Prior)

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  1. Connect and log into to the SmartServer. See Connecting to Your SmartServer for more information.

  2. Enter the following command to change to the /media/sdcard/backups directory: cd /media/sdcard/backups

  3. Enter the following command to view the directory file contents and its size: ls -s

    The database and system backup files are stored with the date and time of their creation encoded into the name using the format yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss as shown in the following examples:

    Note

    Note: Database backups are .zip files and full system backups are .tgz files.

    total 868180
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10258111 May  6 23:19 SmartServer-DB-Backup-2021-05-07-031940.zip
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 878744783 May  7 00:12 SmartServer-System-Backup-2021-05-07-035021.tgz


  4. Use the rm command to remove a file(s) as shown in the following examples with the date and time specific to files:

    rm SmartServer-DB-Backup-yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss.zip
    rm SmartServer-System-Backup-yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss.zip


    Use the following command to remove all of the contents of the /media/sdcard/backups directory:

    Warning

    Warning: Be sure to only perform this command to remove the contents of the /media/sdcard/backups directory.

    rm *