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borg

Deduplicating backup tool. Creates 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

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