BackupCleaner - SourceForge.net Open Source Software

Description

BackupCleaner is a Java-based command-line tool for automatically removing old backups selectively. It can be used when you already make daily backups on disk, and want to clean them up while still keeping some of the ones made weeks, months or years ago.

Key reasons to use it

It's easy to use and focused on one thing: cleaning up backup files
Intelligent management of backups makes sure that some of the recent backups are automatically promoted to weekly, monthly and eventually yearly backups as time goes on.
Zero-config for normal situations
Free and Open Source Software

Current status

BackupCleaner is fully functional for basic use. A number of extensions have been planned to enhance flexibility. For more information please refer to the documentation.

License

BackupCleaner is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

The program and this web site are maintained by Steven Reiz (steven@xayoo.com).