PyExpireBackups

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id	PyExpireBackups
state	active
owner	Wolfgang Fahl
title	Backup expiration based on rules (yearly,monthly,weekly,daily ...)
url	https://github.com/WolfgangFahl/PyExpireBackups
version	0.0.2
description	Expires backup files so save diskspace for unneeded backups - with a pattern of days,weeks,months and years a limit on the total number of backup files is set
date	2022-04-02
since	2022-03-31
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Installation

pip install PyExpireBackups
# alternatively if your pip is not a python3 pip
pip3 install PyExpireBackups 
# local install from source directory of PyExpireBackups 
pip install .

upgrade

pip install PyExpireBackups  -U
# alternatively if your pip is not a python3 pip
pip3 install PyExpireBackups -U

usage

expireBackups -h
usage: expireBackups [-h] [-d] [--days DAYS] [--weeks WEEKS] [--months MONTHS] [--years YEARS]
                     [--minFileSize MINFILESIZE] [--rootPath ROOTPATH] [--baseName BASENAME] [--ext EXT]
                     [--createTestFiles CREATETESTFILES] [-f] [-V]

Backup expiration based on rules (yearly,monthly,weekly,daily ...)

  Created by Wolfgang Fahl on 2022-04-01.
  Copyright 2008-2022 Wolfgang Fahl. All rights reserved.

  Licensed under the Apache License 2.0
  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

  Distributed on an "AS IS" basis without warranties
  or conditions of any kind, either express or implied.

USAGE

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d, --debug           show debug info
  --days DAYS           number of consecutive days to keep a daily backup (default: 7)
  --weeks WEEKS         number of consecutive weeks to keep a weekly backup (default: 6)
  --months MONTHS       number of consecutive month to keep a monthly backup (default: 8)
  --years YEARS         number of consecutive years to keep a yearly backup (default: 4)
  --minFileSize MINFILESIZE
                        minimum File size in bytes to filter for (default: 1)
  --rootPath ROOTPATH
  --baseName BASENAME   the basename to filter for (default: None)
  --ext EXT             the extension to filter for (default: None)
  --createTestFiles CREATETESTFILES
                        create the given number of temporary test files (default: None)
  -f, --force
  -V, --version         show program's version number and exit

Example

Dry Run

expireBackups --ext .tgz
keeping 7 files for dayly backup
keeping 6 files for weekly backup
keeping 8 files for monthly backup
keeping 4 files for yearly backup
expiring 269 files dry run
#   1✅:   0.0 days(    5 GB/    5 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-04-02.tgz
#   2✅:   3.0 days(    5 GB/    9 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-03-30.tgz
#   3✅:   4.0 days(    5 GB/   14 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-03-29.tgz
#   4✅:   5.0 days(    5 GB/   18 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-03-28.tgz
#   5✅:   7.0 days(    5 GB/   23 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-03-26.tgz
#   6✅:   9.0 days(    5 GB/   27 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-03-24.tgz
#   7✅:  11.0 days(    5 GB/   32 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-03-22.tgz
#   8❌:  15.0 days(    5 GB/   37 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-03-18.tgz
#   9❌:  17.0 days(    5 GB/   41 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-03-16.tgz
#  10✅:  18.0 days(    5 GB/   46 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-03-15.tgz
#  11❌:  19.0 days(    5 GB/   50 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-03-14.tgz
#  12❌:  20.0 days(    5 GB/   55 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-03-13.tgz
#  13❌:  22.0 days(    5 GB/   59 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-03-11.tgz
#  14❌:  23.0 days(    5 GB/   64 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-03-10.tgz
#  15✅:  35.0 days(    4 GB/   68 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-02-26.tgz
#  16❌:  37.0 days(    4 GB/   73 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-02-24.tgz
#  17❌:  39.0 days(    4 GB/   77 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-02-22.tgz
#  18❌:  40.0 days(    5 GB/   82 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-02-21.tgz
#  19✅:  43.0 days(    4 GB/   86 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-02-18.tgz
#  20❌:  44.0 days(    4 GB/   91 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-02-17.tgz
#  21❌:  46.0 days(    4 GB/   95 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-02-15.tgz
#  22❌:  47.0 days(    5 GB/  100 GB)→./sql_backup.2022-02-14.tgz
...
# 264✅:1426.0 days(    4 GB/    1 TB)→./sql_backup.2018-05-07.tgz
# 265❌:1433.0 days(    4 GB/    1 TB)→./sql_backup.2018-04-30.tgz
# 266❌:1447.0 days(    4 GB/    1 TB)→./sql_backup.2018-04-16.tgz
# 267❌:1482.0 days(    4 GB/    1 TB)→./sql_backup.2018-03-12.tgz
# 268❌:1489.0 days(    4 GB/    1 TB)→./sql_backup.2018-03-05.tgz
# 269❌:1509.0 days(    4 GB/    1 TB)→./sql_backup.2018-02-12.tgz
kept 24 files   105 GB

tickets

1. Issue 8 - alway keep the most recent file✓
2. Issue 7 - show summary about kept files✓
3. Issue 6 - show debug information✓
4. Issue 5 - allow dry run✓
5. Issue 4 - allow to specify minimum size of files✓
6. Issue 3 - show # age and size of file and total (sum) of file sizes✓
7. Issue 2 - allow to create TestFiles via commandLine✓
8. Issue 1 - refactor com.bitplan.backup Java solution✓