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.. IMPORTANT: this file is auto-generated from borg's built-in help, do not edit!
.. _borg_recreate:
borg recreate
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borg [common options] recreate [options] [PATH...]
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| **positional arguments** |
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| | ``PATH`` | paths to recreate; patterns are supported |
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| **options** |
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| | ``--list`` | output verbose list of items (files, dirs, ...) |
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| | ``--filter STATUSCHARS`` | only display items with the given status characters (listed in borg create --help) |
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| | ``-n``, ``--dry-run`` | do not change anything |
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| | ``-s``, ``--stats`` | print statistics at end |
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| :ref:`common_options` |
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| **Include/Exclude options** |
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| | ``-e PATTERN``, ``--exclude PATTERN`` | exclude paths matching PATTERN |
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| | ``--exclude-from EXCLUDEFILE`` | read exclude patterns from EXCLUDEFILE, one per line |
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| | ``--pattern PATTERN`` | include/exclude paths matching PATTERN |
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| | ``--patterns-from PATTERNFILE`` | read include/exclude patterns from PATTERNFILE, one per line |
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| | ``--exclude-caches`` | exclude directories that contain a CACHEDIR.TAG file (https://www.bford.info/cachedir/spec.html) |
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| | ``--exclude-if-present NAME`` | exclude directories that are tagged by containing a filesystem object with the given NAME |
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| | ``--keep-exclude-tags`` | if tag objects are specified with ``--exclude-if-present``, do not omit the tag objects themselves from the backup archive |
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| **Archive filters** — Archive filters can be applied to repository targets. |
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| | ``-a PATTERN``, ``--match-archives PATTERN`` | only consider archives matching all patterns. See "borg help match-archives". |
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| | ``--sort-by KEYS`` | Comma-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, archive, name, id, tags, host, user; default is: timestamp |
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| | ``--first N`` | consider the first N archives after other filters are applied |
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| | ``--last N`` | consider the last N archives after other filters are applied |
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| | ``--oldest TIMESPAN`` | consider archives between the oldest archive's timestamp and (oldest + TIMESPAN), e.g., 7d or 12m. |
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| | ``--newest TIMESPAN`` | consider archives between the newest archive's timestamp and (newest - TIMESPAN), e.g., 7d or 12m. |
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| | ``--older TIMESPAN`` | consider archives older than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g., 7d or 12m. |
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| | ``--newer TIMESPAN`` | consider archives newer than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g., 7d or 12m. |
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| | ``--target TARGET`` | create a new archive with the name TARGET, do not replace existing archive |
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| | ``--comment COMMENT`` | add a comment text to the archive |
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| | ``--timestamp TIMESTAMP`` | manually specify the archive creation date/time (yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss[(+|-)HH:MM] format, (+|-)HH:MM is the UTC offset, default: local time zone). Alternatively, give a reference file/directory. |
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| | ``-C COMPRESSION``, ``--compression COMPRESSION`` | select compression algorithm, see the output of the "borg help compression" command for details. |
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| | ``--chunker-params PARAMS`` | rechunk using given chunker parameters: buzhash,CHUNK_MIN_EXP,CHUNK_MAX_EXP,HASH_MASK_BITS,WINDOW_SIZE or buzhash64,CHUNK_MIN_EXP,CHUNK_MAX_EXP,HASH_MASK_BITS,WINDOW_SIZE,NC_LEVEL or fastcdc,CHUNK_MIN_EXP,CHUNK_MAX_EXP,HASH_MASK_BITS,NC_LEVEL or `default` to use the chunker defaults. default: do not rechunk |
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PATH
paths to recreate; patterns are supported
options
--list output verbose list of items (files, dirs, ...)
--filter STATUSCHARS only display items with the given status characters (listed in borg create --help)
-n, --dry-run do not change anything
-s, --stats print statistics at end
:ref:`common_options`
|
Include/Exclude options
-e PATTERN, --exclude PATTERN exclude paths matching PATTERN
--exclude-from EXCLUDEFILE read exclude patterns from EXCLUDEFILE, one per line
--pattern PATTERN include/exclude paths matching PATTERN
--patterns-from PATTERNFILE read include/exclude patterns from PATTERNFILE, one per line
--exclude-caches exclude directories that contain a CACHEDIR.TAG file (https://www.bford.info/cachedir/spec.html)
--exclude-if-present NAME exclude directories that are tagged by containing a filesystem object with the given NAME
--keep-exclude-tags if tag objects are specified with ``--exclude-if-present``, do not omit the tag objects themselves from the backup archive
Archive filters
-a PATTERN, --match-archives PATTERN only consider archives matching all patterns. See "borg help match-archives".
--sort-by KEYS Comma-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, archive, name, id, tags, host, user; default is: timestamp
--first N consider the first N archives after other filters are applied
--last N consider the last N archives after other filters are applied
--oldest TIMESPAN consider archives between the oldest archive's timestamp and (oldest + TIMESPAN), e.g., 7d or 12m.
--newest TIMESPAN consider archives between the newest archive's timestamp and (newest - TIMESPAN), e.g., 7d or 12m.
--older TIMESPAN consider archives older than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g., 7d or 12m.
--newer TIMESPAN consider archives newer than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g., 7d or 12m.
--target TARGET create a new archive with the name TARGET, do not replace existing archive
--comment COMMENT add a comment text to the archive
--timestamp TIMESTAMP manually specify the archive creation date/time (yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss[(+|-)HH:MM] format, (+|-)HH:MM is the UTC offset, default: local time zone). Alternatively, give a reference file/directory.
-C COMPRESSION, --compression COMPRESSION select compression algorithm, see the output of the "borg help compression" command for details.
--chunker-params PARAMS rechunk using given chunker parameters: buzhash,CHUNK_MIN_EXP,CHUNK_MAX_EXP,HASH_MASK_BITS,WINDOW_SIZE or buzhash64,CHUNK_MIN_EXP,CHUNK_MAX_EXP,HASH_MASK_BITS,WINDOW_SIZE,NC_LEVEL or fastcdc,CHUNK_MIN_EXP,CHUNK_MAX_EXP,HASH_MASK_BITS,NC_LEVEL or `default` to use the chunker defaults. default: do not rechunk
Description
~~~~~~~~~~~
Recreate the contents of existing archives.
Recreate is a potentially dangerous function and might lead to data loss
(if used wrongly). BE VERY CAREFUL!
Important: Repository disk space is **not** freed until you run ``borg compact``.
``--exclude``, ``--exclude-from``, ``--exclude-if-present``, ``--keep-exclude-tags``
and PATH have the exact same semantics as in "borg create", but they only check
files in the archives and not in the local filesystem. If paths are specified,
the resulting archives will contain only files from those paths.
Note that all paths in an archive are relative, therefore absolute patterns/paths
will *not* match (``--exclude``, ``--exclude-from``, PATHs).
``--chunker-params`` will re-chunk all files in the archive. This can be used to
switch existing archives to different chunker parameters (or a different chunker
algorithm), so they deduplicate with archives created using these parameters.
**USE WITH CAUTION.**
Depending on the paths and patterns given, recreate can be used to
delete files from archives permanently.
When in doubt, use ``--dry-run --verbose --list`` to see how patterns/paths are
interpreted. See :ref:`list_item_flags` in ``borg create`` for details.
The archive being recreated is only removed after the new archive has been saved
completely. The new archive is created under the same name as the original one, so
while the operation runs, both exist side by side; they are told apart by their
archive IDs, as the new archive gets a different archive ID.
With ``--target`` the original archive is not replaced, instead a new archive is created.
When rechunking, space usage can be substantial - expect
at least the entire deduplicated size of the archives using the previous
chunker params.
If your most recent borg check found missing chunks, please first run another
backup for the same data, before doing any rechunking. If you are lucky, that
will recreate the missing chunks. Optionally, do another borg check to see
if the chunks are still missing.