From ee4202f7c3c8c5206738db914a0ac798610180cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Holt Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 17:28:02 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Clarify multiple forget policies get ORed --- doc/060_forget.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/060_forget.rst b/doc/060_forget.rst index 1ca614a79..823264906 100644 --- a/doc/060_forget.rst +++ b/doc/060_forget.rst @@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ The ``forget`` command accepts the following parameters: years, months, and days, e.g. ``2y5m7d`` will keep all snapshots made in the two years, five months, and seven days before the latest snapshot. +Multiple policies will be ORed together so as to be as inclusive as possible +for keeping snapshots. + Additionally, you can restrict removing snapshots to those which have a particular hostname with the ``--hostname`` parameter, or tags with the ``--tag`` option. When multiple tags are specified, only the snapshots