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exponential-backups/binary_backups.sh

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#!/bin/bash
#
# Written by Aaron Lindsay <aaron@aclindsay.com>
# These knobs control which backups to keep, and how long to keep them for. A
# backup is kept if its distance from the UNIX epoch in days divides evenly by
# BASE^power (where power is some integer 0 < MAX_POWER), and it is less than
# WINDOW_FACTOR*BASE^power days old.
BASE=2
MAX_POWER=16
WINDOW_FACTOR=4
# Returns output if the date passed in as the first argument is not in a format
# 'date' can understand
function invalid_date() {
date -d "$1 + 1 min" +"%s" &> /dev/null
if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
echo "invalid"
fi
}
# Return the number of days which passed between the UNIX epoch and the first
# argument
function days_since_epoch() {
echo $(( $(date -d "$1" +"%s") / (60*60*24) ))
}
# Prints "keep" if the backup with the indicated date should be kept
function keep_backup() {
local current_day_count=$1
local backup_day_count=$2
local difference=$(( $current_day_count - $backup_day_count ))
for (( power=0; power<=$MAX_POWER; power++ )); do
local factor=$(( $BASE ** $power ))
local remainder=$(( $backup_day_count % $factor ))
if [[ $remainder -eq 0 ]] &&
[[ $difference -le $(($factor * $WINDOW_FACTOR)) ]]; then
echo "keep"
return
fi
done
}
function usage() {
cat << EOF
Usage: $0 options
Print the backups which should (or should not with -r) be kept from a list of
dates passed via stdin.
OPTIONS:
-h Show this message
-i FILE Read candidate backup dates from FILE instead of stdin
-d DATE Calculate which backups should be kept from this date instead of
today
-r Reverse which dates are displayed (show those which should be
deleted instead of kept)
EOF
}
reverse=
current_date=$(date -I)
input="/dev/stdin"
while getopts "hrd:i:" OPTION; do
case $OPTION in
i)
input=$OPTARG
if [[ ! -f $input ]]; then
echo "Error: \"$input\" is not a file" 1>&2
usage
exit 1
fi
;;
d)
current_date=$OPTARG
if [[ $(invalid_date "$current_date") ]]; then
echo "Error: \"$current_date\" is not a valid date" 1>&2
usage
exit 1
fi
;;
r)
reverse="true"
;;
h)
usage
exit
;;
?)
usage
exit 1
;;
esac
done
current_days=$(days_since_epoch "$current_date")
while read line; do
if [[ $(invalid_date "$line") ]]; then
echo "Error: \"$line\" is not a valid date" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
backup_days=$(days_since_epoch "$line")
keep=$(keep_backup $current_days $backup_days)
if [[ -z $reverse ]] && [[ $keep ]]; then
echo $line
elif [[ $reverse ]] && [[ -z $keep ]]; then
echo $line
fi
done < $input