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.. _borg_prune:
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borg prune
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usage: borg prune [-h] [-v] [--show-rc] [--no-files-cache] [--umask M]
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[--remote-path PATH] [-n] [-s] [--keep-within WITHIN]
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[-H HOURLY] [-d DAILY] [-w WEEKLY] [-m MONTHLY] [-y YEARLY]
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[-p PREFIX]
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[REPOSITORY]
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Prune repository archives according to specified rules
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positional arguments:
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REPOSITORY repository to prune
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optional arguments:
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-h, --help show this help message and exit
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-v, --verbose verbose output
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--show-rc show/log the return code (rc)
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--no-files-cache do not load/update the file metadata cache used to
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detect unchanged files
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--umask M set umask to M (local and remote, default: 63)
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--remote-path PATH set remote path to executable (default: "borg")
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-n, --dry-run do not change repository
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-s, --stats print statistics for the deleted archive
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--keep-within WITHIN keep all archives within this time interval
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-H HOURLY, --keep-hourly HOURLY
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number of hourly archives to keep
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-d DAILY, --keep-daily DAILY
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number of daily archives to keep
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-w WEEKLY, --keep-weekly WEEKLY
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number of weekly archives to keep
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-m MONTHLY, --keep-monthly MONTHLY
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number of monthly archives to keep
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-y YEARLY, --keep-yearly YEARLY
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number of yearly archives to keep
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-p PREFIX, --prefix PREFIX
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only consider archive names starting with this prefix
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Description
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~~~~~~~~~~~
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The prune command prunes a repository by deleting archives not matching
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any of the specified retention options. This command is normally used by
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automated backup scripts wanting to keep a certain number of historic backups.
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As an example, "-d 7" means to keep the latest backup on each day for 7 days.
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Days without backups do not count towards the total.
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The rules are applied from hourly to yearly, and backups selected by previous
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rules do not count towards those of later rules. The time that each backup
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completes is used for pruning purposes. Dates and times are interpreted in
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the local timezone, and weeks go from Monday to Sunday. Specifying a
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negative number of archives to keep means that there is no limit.
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The "--keep-within" option takes an argument of the form "<int><char>",
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where char is "H", "d", "w", "m", "y". For example, "--keep-within 2d" means
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to keep all archives that were created within the past 48 hours.
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"1m" is taken to mean "31d". The archives kept with this option do not
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count towards the totals specified by any other options.
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If a prefix is set with -p, then only archives that start with the prefix are
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considered for deletion and only those archives count towards the totals
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specified by the rules.
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Otherwise, *all* archives in the repository are candidates for deletion!
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