expirebackups(1)
NAME
expirebackups - list old backups
SYNOPSIS
expirebackups [keep_this_many] path
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.
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)
AUTHOR
expirebackups was written by Christian Garbs <mitch@cgarbs.de>.
COPYRIGHT
- expirebackups is licensed under GNU GPL.