expirebackups - list old backups
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Copyright
expirebackups is licensed under GNU GPL.
Christian Garbs 0.1.6 expirebackups(1)
Description
Checks the given path for backups generated by simplebackup(1). If more than keep_this_many generations
of a backup are found, the oldest files are printed to stdout. These files can then be deleted, leaving
keep_this_many generations of every backup unharmed.
Name
expirebackups - list old backups
Options
keep_this_many
The number of files to keep of every backup. Default value is 4.
path The path to check for backups. Only files matching a pattern like hostname-YYYYMMDD.tar.gz are
considered backup files.
See Also
simplebackup(1), simplebackup.conf(5)
Synopsis
expirebackups [keep_this_many] path
