Thinning out a backup folder

[Chq]

Hello,

I use Hazel to regularly create backups of my accounting file. Hazel copies a new file into a backup folder for me every time I save it.

To stop the amount of data in this folder from constantly growing, I would like to thin out the data as follows:

Hazel should leave all backups created within the last 24 hours untouched.

From one day to one week, Hazel should leave the most recent daily backup in the folder and delete all the others.

From one week to one month, Hazel should leave the most recent weekly backup in the folder and delete all the others.

From one month, Hazel should leave the most recent monthly backup in the folder and delete all the others.

Is this even possible?

[Mr_Noodle]

Look up nested conditions in the help. What you want to do is create a nested condition like:

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    If (all) are met for (current file)
        <whatever date conditions you need here, like "date create is not in the last 1 week" etc.>
        Date created is not among the 1 most recent


That should match any files that are not the most recent of whatever files match that first date condition. I suggest trying this out on some test files until you get it working as expected.

[Chq]

Nice. Thank you for your hint.

Greetz Chris