flow-expire(1)

flow-expire(1) General Commands Manual flow-expire(1)

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NAME

6       flow-expire  —  Manage  storage  of  flow file archives by expiring old
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SYNOPSIS

10       flow-expire [-h]  [-d debug_level]  [-e expire_count]  [-E expire_size]
11       -w workdir
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DESCRIPTION

14       The  flow-expire  utility will remove the oldest flow files in a direc‐
15       tory based on either a count of files or space utilization.  The direc‐
16       tory  is recursively searched for flow files.  Files that do not have a
17       flow-tools signature will be ignored.  The internal timestamp  is  used
18       so  backups or copies of the flow files that do not retain the original
19       timestamp will not impact the operation of flow-expire.  flow-expire is
20       typically  used  to  manage  storage in a distributed environment where
21       flows are collected on a different server than they are archived.
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OPTIONS

24       -d debug_level
25                 Enable debugging.
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27       -e expire_count
28                 Retain the maximum number of files so  that  the  total  file
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31       -E expire_size
32                 Retain  the maximum number of files so that the total storage
33                 is less than expire_size.  The letters b,K,M,G can be used as
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36       -h        Display help.
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EXAMPLES

42       Remove  the oldest flow files in /flows/krc4 until the total storage is
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45         flow-expire -E2Gig -w /flows/krc4
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47       Remove the oldest flow files in /flows/krc4 until the total  number  of
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50         flow-expire -e100 -w /flows/krc4
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BUGS

53       Empty directories are not removed.
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AUTHOR

56       Mark Fullmer maf@splintered.net
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