[enhancement] add "check --read-data-subset" to the housekeeping operations

[rdiaz02]

check is already part of the housekeeping operations. Would it be possible to add --read-data-subset and allow the user to specify, for example, the percentage (or any of the other possible arguments : https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/045_working_with_repos.html#checking-integrity-and-consistency)?

(This is related to my attempts to run read-data-subset as part of, or immediately after, my use of NPBackup : #181 ; but after looking around in forums, using --read-data-subset might be something that a sizeable fraction of people do routinely after a backup).

[deajan]

Would you mind giving me a quick explanation as of what you expect ?
Running a check right after a backup ?
Could you please clarify the intent and how would you like that function to be implemented ? Eg, after every backup ? Randomly ? As an option for housekeeping ?

[rdiaz02]

Sorry for not being more clear.

Yes, I'd like to be able to run check --read-data-subset x% as part of housekeeping. (similar to how housekeeping now runs check by default).

Now, when I do a backup housekeeping is run afterwards. I'd like that housekeeping to include read-data-subset.

[deajan]

So, keep the housekeeping option, but allow to specify an optional read-data-subset argument ?

[rdiaz02]

Yes, exactly: keep the housekeeping as it is now, which is perfect, but allow having a read-data-subset as an additional option to the housekeeping operations. (I was thinking, for example, in the GUI, we can now specify "Post backup housekeeping run chance", and "Randomize housekeeping" , ..., "Prune max unused data", etc. So maybe that could be a good place to set it to 0, thus disabling it, or pass non-zero arguments).

[deajan]

Works for me. I'll add this to next version which beta version is due shortly.

[rdiaz02]

Thanks a lot!!