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

Question

Is there such an option using CLI?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 12 '21 at 19:09

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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 '21 at 19:09

Haxiel

Thank you. Should be better documented. – NoExpert Aug 12 '21 at 19:20
@NoExpert That's a fair point. There is [another issue discussion](https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift/issues/300) 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 Aug 13 '21 at 04:57
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I believe `/etc/timeshift/timeshift.json` is the file to edit. `/etc/timeshift.json` shows the default valuees – NoExpert Sep 05 '21 at 19:55

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