bdir=$1

if [[ ! $bdir ]]; then

echo "Error: no parameters given!"

exit 3

if [[ ! -d $bdir ]]; then

mkdir -p $bdir

if [[ $? -gt 0 ]]; then

echo "Failed to create directory $bdir" 1>&2

exit 3

fi

bn=$1

cleanup_old=$1

ferr=$bdir/$bn.stderr

cd $bdir 2>>$ferr

echo "parameters: $bdir $bn $cleanup_old $@" >> $ferr

for f in "$@" ; do

# these files are bigger and should have slower turnover -- keep only the last 5 archives

if [[ $f = $bn* ]]; then

fb="${f/$bn/}" # created by current cron job

c=0

for fn in $( ls -1t *$fb ) ; do

(( c++ ))

if [[ $fn != $f && $c -gt 5 ]]; then

#echo "$fn (..to delete)"

/bin/rm -f $fn

#else

# echo "$fn <-- will NOT be deleted!"

fi

done

else

#not a current file, but from a previous backup

if [[ -f $f ]]; then

touch $f

else # file not found!

host=$(hostname -s)

echo "Error on $host: file $f not found among current backups!" >> $ferr

fi

fi

numfiles=$(ls -1 | wc -l)

if [[ $numfiles -lt 6 ]]; then

#don't cleanup when there are no previous backups

cleanup_old=0

if [[ $cleanup_old -gt 0 ]]; then

#echo "Cleaning up backup files older than 30 days.." 2>>$ferr

nice -n19 find . -maxdepth 1 -mtime +30 -exec /bin/rm -rf {} \;

cat $ferr