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@@ -139,12 +139,6 @@ from different machines) in one shared repository, use one prune call per
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data set that matches only the respective archives using the --match-archives
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(-a) option.
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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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-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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-
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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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up to 7 most recent days with backups (days without backups do not count).
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@@ -158,6 +152,13 @@ minutely, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly rules was not otherwise able
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meet its retention target. This enables the first chronological archive to continue
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aging until it is replaced by a newer archive that meets the retention criteria.
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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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+to keep all archives that were created within the past 48 hours.
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+"1m" is taken to mean "31d". This option is applied before the secondly option
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+and like the other options any archives kept by this option do not count towards
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+the later rules.
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+
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The ``--keep-last N`` option is doing the same as ``--keep-secondly N`` (and it will
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keep the last N archives under the assumption that you do not create more than one
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backup archive in the same second).
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@@ -169,4 +170,4 @@ Please note that the "All archives" stats refer to the state after pruning.
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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 rlist`` description for more details about the format string).
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+the ``borg rlist`` description for more details about the format string).
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