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cschell/delete_old_backups.sh

Created August 8, 2014 09:34
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Delete backups that are x days old (from ftp server)
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delete_old_backups.sh
lftp -u <ftp_user>,<ftp_password> <ftp_host> -e "rm -rf `date --date="3 days ago" '+%Y-%m-%d_'`*; exit"
# make sure to escape % for cron:
lftp -u <ftp_user>,<ftp_password> <ftp_host> -e "rm -rf `date --date="3 days ago" '+\%Y-\%m-\%d_'`*; exit"
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