borg/docs/usage/delete.rst

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Examples
~~~~~~~~
::

    # delete a single backup archive:
    $ borg delete Monday
    # actually free disk space:
    $ borg compact

    # delete all archives whose names begin with the machine's hostname followed by "-"
    $ borg delete -a 'sh:{hostname}-*'

    # delete all archives whose names contain "-2012-"
    $ borg delete -a 'sh:*-2012-*'

    # see what would be deleted if delete was run without --dry-run
    $ borg delete --list --dry-run -a 'sh:*-May-*'
docs: split usage 2017-06-06 22:06:36 +00:00			`.. include:: delete.rst.inc`

			`Examples`
			`~~~~~~~~`
			`::`

			`# delete a single backup archive:`
build_usage / build_man / doc updates 2022-06-23 23:19:19 +00:00			`$ borg delete Monday`
update docs about separated compaction 2018-07-12 18:53:03 +00:00			`# actually free disk space:`
build_usage / build_man / doc updates 2022-06-23 23:19:19 +00:00			`$ borg compact`
docs: split usage 2017-06-06 22:06:36 +00:00
Update docs on deleting multiple archives 2018-05-26 15:43:43 +00:00			`# delete all archives whose names begin with the machine's hostname followed by "-"`
docs: fix some -a / --match-archives issues at some places, the docs were not updated yet. for borg 1.x, -a (aka --glob-archives) expected sh: style glob patterns ONLY (but one must not give sh: explicitly). for borg 2, -a (aka --match-archives) defaults to id: style (identical match), so one must give sh: if one wants shell-style globbing. 2023-05-15 22:50:50 +00:00			`$ borg delete -a 'sh:{hostname}-*'`
Update docs on deleting multiple archives 2018-05-26 15:43:43 +00:00
			`# delete all archives whose names contain "-2012-"`
docs: fix some -a / --match-archives issues at some places, the docs were not updated yet. for borg 1.x, -a (aka --glob-archives) expected sh: style glob patterns ONLY (but one must not give sh: explicitly). for borg 2, -a (aka --match-archives) defaults to id: style (identical match), so one must give sh: if one wants shell-style globbing. 2023-05-15 22:50:50 +00:00			`$ borg delete -a 'sh:-2012-'`
Update docs on deleting multiple archives 2018-05-26 15:43:43 +00:00
			`# see what would be deleted if delete was run without --dry-run`
docs: fix some -a / --match-archives issues at some places, the docs were not updated yet. for borg 1.x, -a (aka --glob-archives) expected sh: style glob patterns ONLY (but one must not give sh: explicitly). for borg 2, -a (aka --match-archives) defaults to id: style (identical match), so one must give sh: if one wants shell-style globbing. 2023-05-15 22:50:50 +00:00			`$ borg delete --list --dry-run -a 'sh:-May-'`
docs: fix rst literal blocks 2022-07-04 22:38:37 +00:00