& from then on standardised with other commands to -m but the -ev was retained for "backwards compatibilty" - so we didn't have to change all our scripts. But I may be wrong (thumbs up for that then!) ***EDIT*** was wrong - just checked my 5.1 docs & it's -m there too, so maybe I'm thinking of the good old 4.5 days!
And for completeness:
# bpexpdate -Q
bpexpdate: [-class <name>] [-ev <media id>]
# bpexpdate -help
bpexpdate: -m <media id> -d <mm/dd/yyyy HH:MM:SS | 0 | infinity>
[-host <name>] [-force] [-nodelete] [-notimmediate]
[-M <master_server,...,master_server>]
bpexpdate: -deassignempty [-m <media id>] [-force]
[-M <master_server,...,master_server>]
bpexpdate: -backupid <backup id> -d <mm/dd/yyyy HH:MM:SS | 0 | infinity>
[-client <name>] [-copy <number>] [-force] [-nodelete] [-notimmediate]
[-M <master_server,...,master_server>]
bpexpdate: -recalculate [-backupid <backup id>] [-copy <number>]
[-d <mm/dd/yyyy HH:MM:SS | 0 | infinity>] [-client <name>]
[-policy <name>] [-ret <retention level>] [-sched <type>]
[-M <master_server,...,master_server>]
bpexpdate: -stype <server type>
[-dp <disk pool> [-dv <disk volume>]]
[-nodelete] [-notimmediate]
[-M <master_server,...,master_server>]
legal values for sched: 0=full,1=differential incr,2=user,3=arch
4=cumulative incr
