feat(tools): add PurgeArchives, an age-based purge with a fail-closed directory guard - #1794
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… directory guard Deletes files older than N days (default 14) inside an archive directory, sparing anything prefixed KEEP-. The guard is the point: it refuses any directory whose basename is not exactly the sentinel (--dir-name, default _archive), so it cannot be pointed at live work by a bad argument. Files only, never subdirectories, dotfiles skipped, --dry-run touches nothing. Requested in danielmiessler#1614.
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Offered in #1614; you said yes to (5).
Deletes files older than N days (default 14) inside an archive directory. A manual archive is a grace window, not forever: silence means it goes after N days, a
KEEP-prefix means it stays. The trigger is lazy, called right after archiving something by hand, so the directory prunes itself as a side effect of being used and there is no scheduler.The guard is the reason to take it. It refuses any directory whose basename is not exactly the sentinel (
--dir-name, default_archive). A tool that deletes by age is one bad argument away from deleting live work, so the check is not "this path looks plausible": the directory has to be named as an archive, which is a property no working directory acquires by accident. Files only, never subdirectories; dotfiles skipped; every action logged;--dry-runtouches nothing.Verified against a fixture tree, case by case: pointed at a live directory it refuses with exit 1 and leaves the contents intact;
--dry-runprints and deletes nothing; the real run removes only the expired non-KEEP-file whileKEEP-, fresh files, dotfiles and subdirectories all survive; the sentinel override works;--days abcis rejected with exit 1.