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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.