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On Sun, 05 May 2013 19:21:18 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> For example, I want to keep 17 hourlies, and 30 nightlies, so I have |
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> two cron jobs set up, the hourly, and the nightly. Each backs up to a |
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> separate dir. |
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So each time your backup fails, you reduce the number of available |
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backups by one. If you want to use this approach, delete one backup AFTER |
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you have created AND tested a new backup. |
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> I'm thinking the easiest way would be to find and delete the oldest |
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> file in the backup target directory before executing the backup command. |
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> For the hourlies dir, I'd just find the files that are older than one |
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> day - so maybe: |
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What about |
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rm -f $(ls -1t backuppattern* | tail -n +numbertokeep) |
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Neil Bothwick |
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The Computer is the logical advancement of humankind: |
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intelligence without morality. |
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