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borg create: document how to backup stdin, fixes #2013

Thomas Waldmann 8 år sedan
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      borg/archiver.py

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borg/archiver.py

@@ -1311,8 +1311,12 @@ class Archiver:
 
 
         create_epilog = textwrap.dedent("""
         create_epilog = textwrap.dedent("""
         This command creates a backup archive containing all files found while recursively
         This command creates a backup archive containing all files found while recursively
-        traversing all paths specified. The archive will consume almost no disk space for
-        files or parts of files that have already been stored in other archives.
+        traversing all paths specified. When giving '-' as path, borg will read data
+        from standard input and create a file 'stdin' in the created archive from that
+        data.
+
+        The archive will consume almost no disk space for files or parts of files that
+        have already been stored in other archives.
 
 
         The archive name needs to be unique. It must not end in '.checkpoint' or
         The archive name needs to be unique. It must not end in '.checkpoint' or
         '.checkpoint.N' (with N being a number), because these names are used for
         '.checkpoint.N' (with N being a number), because these names are used for