.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText. . . .nr rst2man-indent-level 0 . .de1 rstReportMargin \\$1 \\n[an-margin] level \\n[rst2man-indent-level] level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] - \\n[rst2man-indent0] \\n[rst2man-indent1] \\n[rst2man-indent2] .. .de1 INDENT .\" .rstReportMargin pre: . RS \\$1 . nr rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level] \\n[an-margin] . nr rst2man-indent-level +1 .\" .rstReportMargin post: .. .de UNINDENT . RE .\" indent \\n[an-margin] .\" old: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .nr rst2man-indent-level -1 .\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u .. .TH "BORG-WITH-LOCK" 1 "2024-03-09" "" "borg backup tool" .SH NAME borg-with-lock \- run a user specified command with the repository lock held .SH SYNOPSIS .sp borg [common options] with\-lock [options] COMMAND [ARGS...] .SH DESCRIPTION .sp This command runs a user\-specified command while locking the repository. For example: .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .EX $ BORG_REPO=/mnt/borgrepo borg with\-lock rsync \-av /mnt/borgrepo /somewhere/else/borgrepo .EE .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .sp It will first try to acquire the lock (make sure that no other operation is running in the repo), then execute the given command as a subprocess and wait for its termination, release the lock and return the user command\(aqs return code as borg\(aqs return code. .sp \fBNOTE:\fP .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 If you copy a repository with the lock held, the lock will be present in the copy. Thus, before using borg on the copy from a different host, you need to use \(dqborg break\-lock\(dq on the copied repository, because Borg is cautious and does not automatically remove stale locks made by a different host. .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SH OPTIONS .sp See \fIborg\-common(1)\fP for common options of Borg commands. .SS arguments .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B COMMAND command to run .TP .B ARGS command arguments .UNINDENT .SH SEE ALSO .sp \fIborg\-common(1)\fP .SH AUTHOR The Borg Collective .\" Generated by docutils manpage writer. .