.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 2.9.2.1 .\" .TH "BORGMATIC" "1" "August, 2019" "backups manager for borgbackup manual" "" .hy .SH NAME .PP borgmatic - backups manager for borgbackup .SH SYNOPSIS .PP borgmatic [\f[I]options\f[R]] .SH DESCRIPTION .PP A simple wrapper script for the Borg backup software that creates and prunes backups. If none of the action options are given, then borgmatic defaults to: prune, create, and check archives. .SH OPTIONS .SS optional arguments .TP -h, --help Show this help message and exit .SS global arguments .TP -c \f[I][CONFIG_PATHS [CONFIG_PATHS \&...]]\f[R], --config \f[I][CONFIG_PATHS [CONFIG_PATHS \&...]]\f[R] Configuration filenames or directories, defaults to: /etc/borgmatic/config.yaml /etc/borgmatic.d /root/.config/borgmatic/config.yaml .TP --excludes \f[I]EXCLUDES_FILENAME\f[R] Deprecated in favor of exclude_patterns within configuration .TP -n, --dry-run Go through the motions, but do not actually write to any repositories .TP -nc, --no-color Disable colored output .TP -v \f[I]{0,1,2}\f[R], --verbosity \f[I]{0,1,2}\f[R] Display verbose progress to the console (from none to lots: 0, 1, or 2) .TP --syslog-verbosity \f[I]{0,1,2}\f[R] Display verbose progress to syslog (from none to lots: 0, 1, or 2). Ignored when console is interactive .TP --version Display installed version number of borgmatic and exit .SS actions .PP Specify zero or more actions. Defaults to prune, create, and check. Use \[en]help with action for details: .TP init (\f[I]--init, -I\f[R]) Initialize an empty Borg repository .TP prune (\f[I]--prune, -p\f[R]) Prune archives according to the retention policy .TP create (\f[I]--create, -C\f[R]) Create archives (actually perform backups) .TP check (\f[I]--check, -k\f[R]) Check archives for consistency .TP extract (\f[I]--extract, -x\f[R]) Extract a named archive to the current directory .TP list (\f[I]--list, -l\f[R]) List archives .TP info (\f[I]--info, -i\f[R]) Display summary information on archives .SH SEE ALSO .PP The borgmatic source code and all documentation may be downloaded from .SH AUTHORS Dan Helfman .