NAME

charon.local - remove backup files that exceed a certain age from a local directoy

SYNOPSIS

charon.local --dir directory --maxage days (--profile identifier | --all) [--dry-run] [--verbose] [--help]

The program charon.local removes backup archives created by tartarus from a local directory once they reach a certain age and expire. Files that are older than the number of days specified on the command line are considerer candidates for removal unless other, non-expired backups are based on them, so full backups may survive longer than expected.

OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS

--dir

Specify the directory the backups files are stored in.

--maxage n

Set the maximum number of days after which a backup is expired.

--profile name

Set the profile name to process. This is mandatory unless --all is supplied.

--all

When this is set, charon.local operates on all files disregarding the profile name.

--dry-run

This option prevents charon from actually deleting files.

--verbose

This option makes charon more verbose about the actions made

--help

This parameter shows a brief command reference.

EXAMPLE

The following command will remove alle files inside the directory /var/backups/tartarus/ created by Tartarus with the profile name "home" which exceed the age of 7 days:

    $ charon.local --dir /var/tartarus/backups/ --profile home --maxage 7 --verbose

AUTHOR

Stefan Tomanek <stefan.tomanek@wertarbyte.de>