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