MarkLogic 10 Product Documentation
xdmp.databaseBackupPurge

xdmp.databaseBackupPurge(
   dir as String,
   keep-num-backups as Number,
   [incremental-dir as String]
) as null

Purge old backups from a directory.

Parameters
dir	The directory under which to look for backups.
keep-num-backups	The maximum number of old backups to keep.
incremental-dir	The directory under which to look for incremental backups. Defaults to the backup data directory.

This operation requires at least one of the following privileges:

http://marklogic.com/xdmp/privileges/xdmp-database-backup-purge

http://marklogic.com/xdmp/privileges/xdmp-database-backup-purge/database/{id}

xdmp.databaseBackupPurge("/my/backupdir/", 10, "/my/incrementaldir");
=>
()

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