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

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✓