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Add backup retention #3

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Added backup retention components
mark-cohen Aug 9, 2016
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Changed retention to 14 days from 7
mark-cohen Aug 9, 2016
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Expand Up @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ EXCLUDE="/Library/Scripts/Backup/rsync_excludes.txt"
# set email notification address
EMAIL="admin@org.ca"

# KEEP_BACKUPS=14
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This value should be customized based on org's retention policy.


if [ ! -d "$LOG_DIR" ]; then
mkdir $LOG_DIR
fi
Expand All @@ -44,4 +46,12 @@ echo Backup complete >> /Library/Logs/backup.log
date >> /Library/Logs/backup.log
# cat /Library/Logs/backup.log | mail -s "Client: Server - backup complete" $EMAIL

backups_count=ls -1 $BACKUP_DIR | wc -l
backups_to_remove=$(($backups_count-$KEEP_BACKUPS))
if [ $backups_to_remove -gt 0 ]; then
for d in ls -1 $BACKUP_DIR | head -n$backups_to_remove; do
docmd "rm -rf $BACKUP_DIR/$d"
done
fi

exit