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authorNeddy70 <6915421+neddy70@users.noreply.github.com>2018-03-17 11:41:14 +1100
committerNeddy70 <6915421+neddy70@users.noreply.github.com>2018-03-17 11:41:14 +1100
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Added option to disable automatically purging old backups when out of space.
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@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ On macOS, it has a few disadvantages compared to Time Machine - in particular it
--strategy Set the expiration strategy. Default: "1:1 30:7 365:30" means after one
day, keep one backup per day. After 30 days, keep one backup every 7 days.
After 365 days keep one backup every 30 days.
+ --no-auto-expire Set option to disable automatically purging old backups when out of space.
## Features
@@ -91,6 +92,10 @@ To display the rsync options that are used for backup, run `./rsync_tmbackup.sh
rsync_tmbackup --rsync-set-flags "--numeric-ids --links --hard-links \
--one-file-system --archive --no-perms --no-groups --itemize-changes" /src /dest
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+## No automatic backup expiration
+
+An option to diable the default behaviour to purge old backups when out of space. This option is set with the `--no-auto-expire` flag.
## How to restore