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charon.local(1)                                                charon.local(1)

NAME
       charon.local - remove backup files that exceed a certain age from a
       local directoy

SYNOPSIS
       charon.local --dir directory --maxage days (--profile identifier |
       --all) [--dry-run] [--verbose] [--help]

       The program charon.local removes backup archives created by tartarus
       from a local directory once they reach a certain age and expire. Files
       that are older than the number of days specified on the command line
       are considerer candidates for removal unless other, non-expired backups
       are based on them, so full backups may survive longer than expected.

OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS
       --dir
           Specify the directory the backups files are stored in.

       --maxage n
           Set the maximum number of days after which a backup is expired.

       --profile name
           Set the profile name to process. This is mandatory unless --all is
           supplied.

       --all
           When this is set, charon.local operates on all files disregarding
           the profile name.

       --dry-run
           This option prevents charon from actually deleting files.

       --verbose
           This option makes charon more verbose about the actions made

       --help
           This parameter shows a brief command reference.

EXAMPLE
       The following command will remove alle files inside the directory
       /var/backups/tartarus/ created by Tartarus with the profile name "home"
       which exceed the age of 7 days:

           $ charon.local --dir /var/tartarus/backups/ --profile home --maxage 7 --verbose

AUTHOR
       Stefan Tomanek <stefan.tomanek@wertarbyte.de>

0.9.8                             2016-02-19                   charon.local(1)