How can I tell Timeshift how many backups to keep using CLI?

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Is there such an option using CLI?

Haxiel · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-12 19:09:21Z

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You can edit the /etc/timeshift.json file to set these values. The timeshift.json file in the repo shows these values to be the defaults:

  "count_monthly" : "2",
  "count_weekly" : "3",
  "count_daily" : "5",
  "count_hourly" : "6",
  "count_boot" : "5"

P.S.: I found this approach from Issue #288 on the same Github repo.

answered Aug 12, 2021 at 19:09

Haxiel

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Thank you. Should be better documented.
– NoExpert
Commented Aug 12, 2021 at 19:20
@NoExpert That's a fair point. There is another issue discussion which states that Timeshift has dependencies on GTK3, which is a GUI system. The program must have been conceived and built as a GUI application. That is probably is why the CLI documentation is lacking.
– Haxiel
Commented Aug 13, 2021 at 4:57
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I believe /etc/timeshift/timeshift.json is the file to edit. /etc/timeshift.json shows the default valuees
– NoExpert
Commented Sep 5, 2021 at 19:55

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