Re: Exclude files "older than X days" (ctime or mtime)

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Felix,

in complement, to do exactly what you want using -af and -A options
you could use the following helper script (which will be added to the
dar packaged releases very soon):

denis@terre > cat date_past_N_days
#!/bin/bash

if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
   echo "usage $0: <number of days>"
   echo " returns the date it was N days ago expressed as seconds
since 1969"
   exit 1
fi

echo $(( `date +%s` - $1 * 86400 ))
denis@terre >

and then use it with dar this way:

dar -c <backup> -af -A `date_past_N_days 3` ....

this will only save file that changed in the last three days

Cheers,
Denis

On 07/02/2020 08:52, Denis Corbin wrote:
> On 06/02/2020 20:16, Felix Leimbach wrote:
>> Hello dar users,
> 
> Hello Felix,
> 
> 
>> I'm using dar to backup a dovecot mailserver (among other
>> things) and want to limit backup size by only saving files
>> (emails) created later than "today minus X days".
> 
>> After reading the dar man page twice I haven't found an option
>> to achieve that. Since dar has an option for EVERYTHING I'm sure
>> I just haven't found it yet.
> 
>> Thankful for any pointers,
> 
> see -A option when used in conjunction of -af option, this should 
> address your need
> 
> 
>> Cheers
> 
>> Felix
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers, Denis
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