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docs: update about archive series
in borg 1.x, we used to put a timestamp into the archive name to make
it unique, because borg1 required that.

borg2 does not require unique archive names, but it encourages you
to even use an identical archive name within the same SERIES of archives.
that makes matching (e.g. for prune, but also at other places) much
simpler and borg KNOWS which archives belong to the same series.
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.. include:: delete.rst.inc
Examples
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# delete all backup archives named "kenny-files":
$ borg delete -a kenny-files
# actually free disk space:
$ borg compact
# delete a specific backup archive using its unique archive ID prefix
$ borg delete aid:d34db33f
# 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-*'