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tags:

• backup
• database
• disaster-recovery
• postgres

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Postgres backup retension

A sample script to remove your backups based on retention:

#!/bin/bash
find /var/backups/basebackup -type f -mtime +30 -print0 | xargs -0 -r /bin/rm
find /var/backups/wal -type f -mtime +7 -print0 | xargs -0 -r /bin/rm