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#!/bin/bash
# prune the directory of matching files or subfolders,
# until we only have the desired number of backups remaining.
# assumes backups are named with something like datestamp,
# as we want to keep the bottom of the file list wheb sorted.
# pulls from config, but can take overrides:
# prune-old-backups.sh "where-to-look" "what-to-find" "how-many-to-keep"
LOCATION=`dirname "$0"`
source "${LOCATION}/../config.sh"
# directory to prune
pruneDir="$PRUNE_DIRECTORY"
# what to prune from that directory
pruneType="$PRUNE_TYPE"
# how many to keep
keepCount="$PRUNE_DOWN_TO"
if [ -n "$1" ]; then
pruneDir="$1"
fi
if [ -n "$2" ]; then
pruneType=""$2
fi
if [ -n "$3" ]; then
keepCount="$3"
fi
if (( "${keepCount}" > "0" )); then
removeCount=0
# find direct subfolders to remove
if [ "${pruneType}" = "<DIR>" ]; then
# notice the grep to remove the pruneDir from the results
# head given a negative number will stop that much short from the bottom, so we keep those matches
while read -r dirToRemove; do
if [ -z "${dirToRemove}" ]; then break; fi
removeCount=$((removeCount+1))
echo "Removing: ${dirToRemove}"
rm -r "${dirToRemove}"
done <<< `find "${pruneDir}" -maxdepth 1 -type d | grep -v "^${pruneDir}$" | sort | head -n "-${keepCount}"`
else
# head given a negative number will stop that much short from the bottom, so we keep those matches
while read -r fileToRemove; do
if [ -z "${fileToRemove}" ]; then break; fi
removeCount=$((removeCount+1))
echo "Removing: ${fileToRemove}"
rm "${fileToRemove}"
done <<< `find "${pruneDir}" -type f -name "${pruneType}" | sort | head -n "-${keepCount}"`
fi
if (( $removeCount > 0 )); then
echo "Successfully removed ${removeCount} extra backups."
else
echo 'Nothing to do, we do not have too many backups.'
fi
else
echo 'Nothing to do, you said keep everything.'
fi