How to clean files older than n days ?

[manutheblacker]

Feature description

I'm configuring Django dbbackup for a client application using celery.
I've been able to create a worker that starts a task that backs up the whole app 2 times a day.

I'm using this code to start the backup:

import datetime
from celery import shared_task
from django.conf import settings
from django.core.management import call_command
@shared_task
def backup_database_each_quarter():
    # if settings.DEBUG is True:
    #     return f"Could not be backed up: Debug is True"
    try:
        call_command( "dbbackup", "-c", "--noinput" )
        return f"Backed up successfully: {datetime.datetime.now()}"
    except Exception as err:
        raise BaseException('Cannot be backed up : {}'.format(err))

During my morning check I noticed that the old 2GB db backup files are not being deleted.

If I can't delete the old files generated, the server will run out of space.

I was wondering if something like this could be added to the codebase, a management command that just deletes the previous backup files.

Otherwise, if you are adding new features, I would like to add this command that might help me or others with the same problem to solve it.

Alternatives options

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[Archmonger]

This feature already exists See the documentation for DBBACKUP_CLEANUP_KEEP

https://django-dbbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/configuration.html#dbbackup-cleanup-keep-and-dbbackup-cleanup-keep-media