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Fileprune - Automates file deletion

'Fileprune' deletes files from a collection, targeting a given distribution of the file timestamps within time as well as size, number, and age constraints. It is meant to keep a set of periodically-created backup files to a manageable size while still providing reasonable access to older versions.

The algorithm used for pruning is based on an exponential, Gaussian (normal), or Fibonacci distribution, and provides fine control of the files to delete and allows the retention of recent copies and increasingly aggressive pruning of older files. The retention schedule specifies the age intervals for which files will be retained.

Obtaining

Web pagehttp://www.spinellis.gr/sw/unix/fileprune/
Source tarball http://www.spinellis.gr/sw/unix/fileprune/fileprune-1.9.tar.gz
Version 1.9 (stable) released on 2004-04-01
Licensed under an X11-style license.
This is not a GNU package.

Documentation

User manpage available in HTML format from http://www.spinellis.gr/sw/unix/fileprune/fileprune.pdf
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License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2004-04-01
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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