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.