SYNOPSIS

       dirvish-expire[OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       Delete dirvish image trees or whole images that have expired.

       Each  image  summary  file  is  checked for the Expire: field.  If that
       field indicates the image has expired dirvish-expire will  delete  that
       image from the vault.

       By  default  all  subdirectories of all banks will be treated as vaults
       and all directories therein  except  the  one  named  dirvish  will  be
       checked for summary files.

       The removal of an image will have no effect on other images.

       Dirvish-expire  will  not  delete an image unless it finds at least one
       image in that branch that has an intact image tree and Status:  success
       in the summary that is not expired.

OPTIONS

       Each  option  on the command line may be specified any number of times.
       Those options that support lists in the config  files  will  accumulate
       all  of  their arguments otherwise each specification will override the
       ones before.

       Each option may be unambiguously abbreviated.

       --time time_expression
              Execute as though time_expression were the current time.

              Time_expression is processed by Time::Parsedate(3pm) so relative
              time  and  date strings are permitted.  See Time::Parsedate(3pm)
              for more details.

       --tree Only delete the image tree, leave in place the rest of the image
              directory  with  summary, log and any other image administrative
              files.

       --vault vault
              Restrict expiration to the specified vault.

       --no-run
              Don't actually do anything.  Just display what would  have  hap-
              pened.

       --quiet
              Run quietly, only report errors.

              Normally dirvish-expire will report the images deleted.

EXIT CODES

              An error was detected in the configuration.

       255    Incorrect usage.

FILES

       /etc/dirvish/master.conf
              alternate master configuration file.

       /etc/dirvish.conf
              master configuration file.

       bank/vault/image/summary
              image creation summary.

       bank/vault/image/tree
              actual image of source directory tree.

SEE ALSO

       dirvish.conf(5)
       Time::ParseDate(3pm)

BUGS

       Dirvish-expire  will walk the file hierarchy of all banks or the speci-
       fied vault looking for summary files.  Anything  non-dirvish  in  there
       may cause excess file-walking.



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