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docs: improve prune examples
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@ -423,8 +423,8 @@ you restrict its operation to a subset of the archives using ``--prefix``.
When using ``--prefix``, be careful to choose a good prefix - e.g. do not use a
prefix "foo" if you do not also want to match "foobar".
It is strongly recommended to always run ``prune --dry-run ...`` first so you
will see what it would do without it actually doing anything.
It is strongly recommended to always run ``prune -v --list --dry-run ...``
first so you will see what it would do without it actually doing anything.
There is also a visualized prune example in ``docs/misc/prune-example.txt``.
@ -432,19 +432,19 @@ There is also a visualized prune example in ``docs/misc/prune-example.txt``.
# Keep 7 end of day and 4 additional end of week archives.
# Do a dry-run without actually deleting anything.
$ borg prune --dry-run --keep-daily=7 --keep-weekly=4 /path/to/repo
$ borg prune -v --list --dry-run --keep-daily=7 --keep-weekly=4 /path/to/repo
# Same as above but only apply to archive names starting with the hostname
# of the machine followed by a "-" character:
$ borg prune --keep-daily=7 --keep-weekly=4 --prefix='{hostname}-' /path/to/repo
$ borg prune -v --list --keep-daily=7 --keep-weekly=4 --prefix='{hostname}-' /path/to/repo
# Keep 7 end of day, 4 additional end of week archives,
# and an end of month archive for every month:
$ borg prune --keep-daily=7 --keep-weekly=4 --keep-monthly=-1 /path/to/repo
$ borg prune -v --list --keep-daily=7 --keep-weekly=4 --keep-monthly=-1 /path/to/repo
# Keep all backups in the last 10 days, 4 additional end of week archives,
# and an end of month archive for every month:
$ borg prune --keep-within=10d --keep-weekly=4 --keep-monthly=-1 /path/to/repo
$ borg prune -v --list --keep-within=10d --keep-weekly=4 --keep-monthly=-1 /path/to/repo
.. include:: usage/info.rst.inc