thin_out.sh

#!/bin/bash
# author: [email protected]

echo "###### Starting at `date '+%Y-%m-%m %H:%M:%S'` ######"

echo "Thining out quarter hourly backups to hourly backups..."
# delete non-hourly backups older than 3 days
find /opt/backup/minecraft/instances/tk_prod  -maxdepth 2 -ctime +2 -type d -path '/opt/backup/minecraft/instances/tk_prod/????-??-??/??.??' -not -name '??.00' -exec echo "Going to delete {}" \; -exec rm -rf {} \;

echo "Thining out hourly backups to daily backups..."
# delete non 00:00 backups older than 7 days
find /opt/backup/minecraft/instances/tk_prod  -maxdepth 2 -ctime +7 -type d -path '/opt/backup/minecraft/instances/tk_prod/????-??-??/??.??' -not -name '00.00' -exec echo "Going to delete {}" \; -exec rm -rf {} \;

echo "###### Finished at `date '+%Y-%m-%m %H:%M:%S'` ######"