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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ The rule from the example will delete all files tagged with ``Temporary file`` 1
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You can also use the "Notify owner a day before a file is automatically deleted" option to
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make sure the file owner will get a notification before a file will be deleted.
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+ File age
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+ --------
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+ There are 2 options available that can be used to decide when to delete a file:
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+ - **Creation: ** Time the file was created on the Nextcloud Server or uploaded to it.
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+ - **Last modification: ** Time when the file was last modified. Uploading also counts as a modification,
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+ so files that have not been modified since a long time before uploading are not deleted shortly after the upload.
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Common misconfigurations
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Similar to :doc: `access_control ` retention should use ``restricted `` or ``invisible ``
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tags. Otherwise any user can remove the tag and the file is not removed after the given
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period. Use :doc: `automated_tagging ` to assign such tags to newly uploaded files.
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- File age
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- ^^^^^^^^
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- Currently retention is based on the creation date of the file. The sync client sends
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- the **original ** creation date to the server, while uploading through the web interface
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- will create a new file with a **new ** creation date.
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- We hope to be able to add a ``upload date `` to the filesystem soon, which would make more
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- sense. Until then this potentially unexpected behavior has to be taken into account.
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