diff --git a/local-retention.sh b/local-retention.sh
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+#1/usr/bin/env sh
+
+list_after_n() {
+  echo "$1" | sort -r | tail -n +"$2" | tr '\n' ' '
+}
+
+ARCHIVE_DIR=${ARCHIVE_DIR:-"/archive"}
+FILE_QUOTA=${FILE_QUOTA:-7}
+
+old_archives=$( find "$ARCHIVE_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf "%f\n" )
+old_dirs=$( find "$ARCHIVE_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -printf "%f\n"  )
+
+last_n_archives=$( list_after_n "$old_archives" "$FILE_QUOTA" )
+last_n_dirs=$( list_after_n "$old_dirs" "$FILE_QUOTA" )
+
+for archive in $last_n_archives; do
+  rm "$ARCHIVE_DIR/$archive"
+done
+
+for dir in $last_n_dirs; do
+  rm -r "$ARCHIVE_DIR/$dir"
+done
+