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.TH "borg-info" "1" "2026-08-29" "" "borg backup tool"
.SH Name
borg-info \- Show archive details such as disk space used
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
borg [common options] info [options] [NAME]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
This command displays detailed information about the specified archive.
.sp
The original size shown here is the total size of the archive\(aqs source data
(uncompressed, counting duplicate content per occurrence).
.sp
Deduplicated sizes are not shown here (computing them per archive is expensive).
For the deduplicated size of a set of archives, use \fBborg analyze\fP; for the
repository\-wide deduplicated size, use \fBborg compact \-\-stats\fP\&.
.SH OPTIONS
.sp
See \fIborg\-common(1)\fP for common options of Borg commands.
.SS arguments
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.TP
.B NAME
specify the archive name
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.SS options
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.TP
.B  \-\-json
format output as JSON
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.SS Archive filters
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.TP
.BI \-a \ PATTERN\fR,\fB \ \-\-match\-archives \ PATTERN
only consider archives matching all patterns. See \(dqborg help match\-archives\(dq.
.TP
.BI \-\-sort\-by \ KEYS
Comma\-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, archive, name, id, tags, host, user; default is: timestamp
.TP
.BI \-\-first \ N
consider the first N archives after other filters are applied
.TP
.BI \-\-last \ N
consider the last N archives after other filters are applied
.TP
.BI \-\-oldest \ TIMESPAN
consider archives between the oldest archive\(aqs timestamp and (oldest + TIMESPAN), e.g., 7d or 12m.
.TP
.BI \-\-newest \ TIMESPAN
consider archives between the newest archive\(aqs timestamp and (newest \- TIMESPAN), e.g., 7d or 12m.
.TP
.BI \-\-older \ TIMESPAN
consider archives older than (now \- TIMESPAN), e.g., 7d or 12m.
.TP
.BI \-\-newer \ TIMESPAN
consider archives newer than (now \- TIMESPAN), e.g., 7d or 12m.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.EX
$ borg info aid:059743db
Archive name: source\-backup
Archive fingerprint: 059743db538840c04ee323673ac579d0b5433f2741c41f9643975df6370474f0
Comment:
Hostname: host
Username: user
Tags:
Time (nominal): Fri, 2026\-08\-28 12:25:52 +0200
Time (start): Fri, 2026\-08\-28 12:25:52 +0200
Time (end): Fri, 2026\-08\-28 12:25:52 +0200
Duration: 0.006 seconds
Command line: /usr/bin/borg \-r /path/to/repo create source\-backup src
Working Directory: /home/user
Number of files: 3
Original size: 3.00 MB
.EE
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.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
\fIborg\-common(1)\fP, \fIborg\-list(1)\fP, \fIborg\-diff(1)\fP, \fIborg\-repo\-info(1)\fP
.SH Author
The Borg Collective
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