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BorgBackup

borgbackup

Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.

Runs as borg|macOS, Linux, Windows|borgbackup.readthedocs.io
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Command form

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Create a new archive with borg create. Other borg subcommands, pattern options and stdin reading are not covered.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun
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otty gui borgbackup

borg create

Create an archive
Create an archiveExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal
Basic
Archive (REPO::NAME)*
string
Paths to back up*
any
Print statistics
--stats
List items
--list
Advanced
Exclude pattern
string
Stay on one file system
--one-file-system
TasksEach one presets the form for one job
Back up paths
archivepathsstatslistexcludeone_file_system
Dry run
archivepathsdry_runlistexclude
ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form
Archive (REPO::NAME)
Repository and archive name, for example /backups/repo::{hostname}-{now}.
string · positional 0
Paths to back up
path · positional 1 · repeatable
Dry run
boolean
--dry-run-n
Print statistics
boolean
--stats-s
List items
boolean
--list
JSON stats
boolean
--json
Exclude pattern
string · repeatable
--exclude-e
Exclude file
path
--exclude-from
Exclude cache directories
boolean
--exclude-caches
Stay on one file system
boolean
--one-file-system-x
Numeric owner IDs
boolean
--numeric-ids
SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these
help
borg [common options] create [options] ARCHIVE [PATH...] -n, --dry-run do not create a backup archive -s, --stats print statistics for the created archive --list output verbose list of items (files, dirs, ...) --json output stats as JSON. Implies --stats. -e PATTERN, --exclude PATTERN exclude paths matching PATTERN --exclude-from EX…
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