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.IX Title "STOREBACKUPDEL 1"
.TH STOREBACKUPDEL 1 "2012-06-16" "perl v5.14.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
storeBackupDel.pl \- this program deletes backups created by storeBackup
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 11
\&        storeBackupDel.pl [\-f configFile] [\-\-print]
\&        [\-b backupDirectory] [\-S series] [\-\-doNotDelete]
\&        [\-\-deleteNotFinishedDirs] [\-L lockFile]
\&        [\-\-keepAll timePeriod] [\-\-keepWeekday entry] [\-\-keepFirstOfYear]
\&        [\-\-keepLastOfYear] [\-\-keepFirstOfMonth] [\-\-keepLastOfMonth]
\&        [\-\-keepFirstOfWeek] [\-\-keepLastOfWeek]
\&        [\-\-keepDuplicate] [\-\-keepMinNumber] [\-\-keepMaxNumber]
\&        [\-l logFile
\&         [\-\-plusLogStdout] [\-\-suppressTime] [\-m maxFilelen]
\&         [[\-n noOfOldFiles] | [\-\-saveLogs]
\&         [\-\-compressWith compressprog]]
.Ve
.SH "WARNING"
.IX Header "WARNING"
.Vb 1
\&  !!! USAGE IN PARALLEL WITH storeBackup.pl CAN DESTROY YOUR BACKUPS !!!
.Ve
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.IP "\fB\-\-file\fR, \fB\-f\fR" 8
.IX Item "--file, -f"
.Vb 1
\&    configuration file (instead of parameters)
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-print\fR" 8
.IX Item "--print"
.Vb 1
\&    print configuration read from configuration file and stop
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-backupDir\fR, \fB\-b\fR" 8
.IX Item "--backupDir, -b"
.Vb 1
\&    top level directory of all backups (must exist)
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-series\fR, \fB\-S\fR" 8
.IX Item "--series, -S"
.Vb 3
\&    directory of backup series
\&    same parameter as in storeBackup / relative path
\&    from backupDir, default is \*(Aqdefault\*(Aq
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-lockFile\fR, \fB\-L\fR" 8
.IX Item "--lockFile, -L"
.Vb 2
\&    lock file, if exists, new instances will finish if
\&    an old is already running, default is $lockFile
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-doNotDelete\fR" 8
.IX Item "--doNotDelete"
.Vb 1
\&    test only, do not delete any backup
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-deleteNotFinishedDirs\fR" 8
.IX Item "--deleteNotFinishedDirs"
.Vb 2
\&    delete old backups which where not finished
\&    this will not happen if doNotDelete is set
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-keepAll\fR" 8
.IX Item "--keepAll"
.Vb 6
\&    keep backups which are not older than the specified amount
\&    of time. This is like a default value for all days in
\&    \-\-keepWeekday. Begins deleting at the end of the script
\&    the time range has to be specified in format \*(Aqdhms\*(Aq, e.g.
\&    10d4h means 10 days and 4 hours
\&    default = $keepAll;
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-keepWeekday\fR" 8
.IX Item "--keepWeekday"
.Vb 10
\&                    keep backups for the specified days for the specified
\&                    amount of time. Overwrites the default values chosen in
\&                    \-\-keepAll. \*(AqMon,Wed:40d Sat:60d10m\*(Aq means:
\&                        keep backups of Mon and Wed 40days + 5mins
\&                        keep backups of Sat 60days + 10mins
\&                        keep backups of the rest of the days like spcified in
\&                                \-\-keepAll (default $keepAll)
\&                    if you also use the \*(Aqarchive flag\*(Aq it means to not
\&                    delete the affected directories via \-\-keepMaxNumber:
\&                       a10d4h means 10 days and 4 hours and \*(Aqarchive flag\*(Aq
\&                    e.g. \*(AqMon,Wed:a40d Sat:60d10m\*(Aq means:
\&                        keep backups of Mon and Wed 40days + 5mins + \*(Aqarchive\*(Aq
\&                        keep backups of Sat 60days + 10mins
\&                        keep backups of the rest of the days like specified in
\&                                \-\-keepAll (default $keepAll)
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-keepFirstOfYear\fR" 8
.IX Item "--keepFirstOfYear"
.Vb 2
\&    do not delete the first backup of a year
\&    format is timePeriod with possible \*(Aqarchive flag\*(Aq
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-keepLastOfYear\fR" 8
.IX Item "--keepLastOfYear"
.Vb 2
\&    do not delete the last backup of a year
\&    format is timePeriod with possible \*(Aqarchive flag\*(Aq
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-keepFirstOfMonth\fR" 8
.IX Item "--keepFirstOfMonth"
.Vb 2
\&    do not delete the first backup of a month
\&    format is timePeriod with possible \*(Aqarchive flag\*(Aq
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-keepLastOfMonth\fR" 8
.IX Item "--keepLastOfMonth"
.Vb 2
\&    do not delete the last backup of a month
\&    format is timePeriod with possible \*(Aqarchive flag\*(Aq
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-firstDayOfWeek\fR" 8
.IX Item "--firstDayOfWeek"
.Vb 2
\&    default: \*(AqSun\*(Aq. This value is used for calculating
\&    \-\-keepFirstOfWeek and \-\-keepLastOfWeek
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-keepFirstOfWeek\fR" 8
.IX Item "--keepFirstOfWeek"
.Vb 2
\&    do not delete the first backup of a week
\&    format is timePeriod with possible \*(Aqarchive flag\*(Aq
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-keepLastOfWeek\fR" 8
.IX Item "--keepLastOfWeek"
.Vb 2
\&    do not delete the last backup of a week
\&    format is timePeriod with possible \*(Aqarchive flag\*(Aq
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-keepDuplicate\fR" 8
.IX Item "--keepDuplicate"
.Vb 3
\&    keep multiple backups of one day up to timePeriod
\&    format is timePeriod, \*(Aqarchive flag\*(Aq is not possible
\&    default = $keepDuplicate;
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-keepMinNumber\fR" 8
.IX Item "--keepMinNumber"
.Vb 2
\&    Keep that miminum of backups. Multiple backups of one
\&    day are counted as one backup. Default is 10.
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-keepMaxNumber\fR" 8
.IX Item "--keepMaxNumber"
.Vb 8
\&    Try to keep only that maximum of backups. If you have
\&    more backups, the following sequence of deleting will
\&    happen:
\&            \- delete all duplicates of a day, beginning with the
\&              old once, except the oldest of every day
\&            \- if this is not enough, delete the rest of the backups
\&              beginning with the oldest, but *never* a backup with
\&              the \*(Aqarchive flag\*(Aq or the last backup
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-keepRelative\fR, \fB\-R\fR" 8
.IX Item "--keepRelative, -R"
.Vb 11
\&    Alternative deletion scheme. If you use this option, all other
\&    keep options are ignored. Preserves backups depending
\&    on their *relative* age. Example:
\&    \-R \*(Aq1d 7d 2m 3m\*(Aq
\&        will (try to) ensure that there is always
\&        \- One backup between 1 day and 7 days old
\&        \- One backup between 5 days and 2 months old
\&        \- One backup between 2 months and 3 months old
\&        If there is no backup for a specified timespan
\&        (e.g. because the last backup was done more than 2 weeks
\&        ago) the next older backup will be used for this timespan.
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-logFile\fR, \fB\-l\fR" 8
.IX Item "--logFile, -l"
.Vb 1
\&    log file (default is STDOUT)
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-plusLogStdout\fR" 8
.IX Item "--plusLogStdout"
.Vb 2
\&    if you specify a log file with \-\-logFile you can
\&    additionally print the output to STDOUT with this flag
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-suppressTime\fR" 8
.IX Item "--suppressTime"
.Vb 1
\&    suppress output of time in logfile
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-maxFilelen\fR, \fB\-m\fR" 8
.IX Item "--maxFilelen, -m"
.Vb 1
\&    maximal length of file, default = 1e6
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-noOfOldFiles\fR, \fB\-n\fR" 8
.IX Item "--noOfOldFiles, -n"
.Vb 1
\&    number of old log files, default = 5
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-saveLogs\fR" 8
.IX Item "--saveLogs"
.Vb 2
\&    save log files with date and time instead of deleting the
\&    old (with [\-noOldFiles])
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-compressWith\fR" 8
.IX Item "--compressWith"
.Vb 2
\&    compress saved log files (e.g. with \*(Aqgzip \-9\*(Aq)
\&    default is \*(Aqbzip2\*(Aq
.Ve
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (c) 2003\-2008 by Heinz-Josef Claes (see \s-1README\s0).
Published under the \s-1GNU\s0 General Public License v3 or any later version