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Really quick script to remove all but latest 60 backups with a given prefix from Tarsnap. Assumes archives have common prefix and a sortable suffix.
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rotate.sh
#!/bin/sh
for f in `tarsnap --list-archives | grep "^ARCHIVE_PREFIX_HERE_" | sort -r | tail -n+60`
do
echo "Removing $f"
tarsnap -d -f $f
done
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