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Problem

How to use the borg command: Deduplicating backup tool. Create local or remote backups that are mountable as filesystems. More information: <https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/general.html>.

Solution

borg — Deduplicating backup tool. Create local or remote backups that are mountable as filesystems. More information: <https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/general.html>.

Initialize a (local) repository:

borg init {{path/to/repo_directory}}

Backup a directory into the repository, creating an archive called "Monday":

borg create --progress {{path/to/repo_directory}}::{{Monday}} {{path/to/source_directory}}

List all archives in a repository:

borg list {{path/to/repo_directory}}

Extract a specific directory from the "Monday" archive in a remote repository, excluding all *.ext files:

borg extract {{user}}@{{host}}:{{path/to/repo_directory}}::{{Monday}} {{path/to/target_directory}} --exclude '{{*.ext}}'

Prune a repository by deleting all archives older than 7 days, listing changes:

borg prune --keep-within {{7d}} --list {{path/to/repo_directory}}

Mount a repository as a FUSE filesystem:

borg mount {{path/to/repo_directory}}::{{Monday}} {{path/to/mountpoint}}

Display help on creating archives:

borg create --help

Code Snippets

Initialize a (local) repository

borg init {{path/to/repo_directory}}

Backup a directory into the repository, creating an archive called "Monday"

borg create --progress {{path/to/repo_directory}}::{{Monday}} {{path/to/source_directory}}

List all archives in a repository

borg list {{path/to/repo_directory}}

Extract a specific directory from the "Monday" archive in a remote repository, excluding all `*.ext` files

borg extract {{user}}@{{host}}:{{path/to/repo_directory}}::{{Monday}} {{path/to/target_directory}} --exclude '{{*.ext}}'

Prune a repository by deleting all archives older than 7 days, listing changes

borg prune --keep-within {{7d}} --list {{path/to/repo_directory}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/borg

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