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.