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series.
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The ``--keep-within`` option takes an argument of the form "<int><char>",
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-where char is "H", "d", "w", "m", "y". For example, ``--keep-within 2d`` means
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+where char is "y", "m", "w", "d", "H", "M", or "S" and represents years, months,
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+weeks, days, hours, minutes or seconds. For example, ``--keep-within 2d`` means
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to keep all archives that were created within the past 48 hours.
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-"1m" is taken to mean "31d". The archives kept with this option do not
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-count towards the totals specified by any other options.
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+"1m" is taken to mean "31d" and "1y" represents "365d". The archives kept with
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+this option do not count towards the totals specified by any other options.
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A good procedure is to thin out more and more the older your backups get.
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As an example, ``--keep-daily 7`` means to keep the latest backup on each day,
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@@ -173,4 +174,4 @@ backup archive in the same second).
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You can influence how the ``--list`` output is formatted by using the ``--short``
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option (less wide output) or by giving a custom format using ``--format`` (see
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-the ``borg repo-list`` description for more details about the format string).
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+the ``borg repo-list`` description for more details about the format string).
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Ken Kundert