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What is BorgBackup?
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What is BorgBackup?
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+===================
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BorgBackup (short: Borg) is a deduplicating backup program.
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BorgBackup (short: Borg) is a deduplicating backup program.
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Optionally, it supports compression and authenticated encryption.
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Optionally, it supports compression and authenticated encryption.
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.. _installation manual: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/installation.html
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.. _installation manual: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/installation.html
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Main features
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Main features
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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**Space efficient storage**
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**Space efficient storage**
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Deduplication based on content-defined chunking is used to reduce the number
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Deduplication based on content-defined chunking is used to reduce the number
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of bytes stored: each file is split into a number of variable length chunks
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of bytes stored: each file is split into a number of variable length chunks
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Easy to use
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Easy to use
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-~~~~~~~~~~~
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Initialize a new backup repository and create a backup archive::
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Initialize a new backup repository and create a backup archive::
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$ borg init /mnt/backup
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$ borg init /mnt/backup
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For a graphical frontend refer to our complementary project
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For a graphical frontend refer to our complementary project
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`BorgWeb <https://github.com/borgbackup/borgweb>`_.
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`BorgWeb <https://github.com/borgbackup/borgweb>`_.
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+Links
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+=====
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+ * `Main Web Site <https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/>`_
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+ * `Releases <https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases>`_
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+ * `PyPI packages <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/borgbackup>`_
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+ * `ChangeLog <https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/blob/master/CHANGES.rst>`_
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+ * `GitHub <https://github.com/borgbackup/borg>`_
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+ * `Issue Tracker <https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues>`_
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+ * `Bounties & Fundraisers <https://www.bountysource.com/teams/borgbackup>`_
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+ * `Mailing List <http://librelist.com/browser/borgbackup/>`_
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+ * `License <https://borgbackup.github.io/borgbackup/authors.html#license>`_
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+Related Projects
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+----------------
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+ * `BorgWeb <https://borgbackup.github.io/borgweb/>`_
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+ * `Atticmatic <https://github.com/witten/atticmatic/>`_
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+ * `Attic <https://github.com/jborg/attic>`_
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Notes
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Notes
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-Borg is a fork of `Attic <https://github.com/jborg/attic>`_ and maintained by
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-"`The Borg collective`_".
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+Borg is a fork of `Attic`_ and maintained by "`The Borg collective`_".
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.. _The Borg collective: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/authors.html
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.. _The Borg collective: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/authors.html
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BORG IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ORIGINAL ATTIC.
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BORG IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ORIGINAL ATTIC.
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EXPECT THAT WE WILL BREAK COMPATIBILITY REPEATEDLY WHEN MAJOR RELEASE NUMBER
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EXPECT THAT WE WILL BREAK COMPATIBILITY REPEATEDLY WHEN MAJOR RELEASE NUMBER
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CHANGES (like when going from 0.x.y to 1.0.0). Please read the
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CHANGES (like when going from 0.x.y to 1.0.0). Please read the
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-`changelog`_ (or ``CHANGES.rst`` in the source distribution) for more
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+`ChangeLog`_ (or ``CHANGES.rst`` in the source distribution) for more
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information.
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information.
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-.. _changelog: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/changes.html
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NOT RELEASED DEVELOPMENT VERSIONS HAVE UNKNOWN COMPATIBILITY PROPERTIES.
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NOT RELEASED DEVELOPMENT VERSIONS HAVE UNKNOWN COMPATIBILITY PROPERTIES.
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THIS IS SOFTWARE IN DEVELOPMENT, DECIDE YOURSELF WHETHER IT FITS YOUR NEEDS.
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THIS IS SOFTWARE IN DEVELOPMENT, DECIDE YOURSELF WHETHER IT FITS YOUR NEEDS.
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-Borg is distributed under a 3-clause BSD license, see `the license`_
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+Borg is distributed under a 3-clause BSD license, see `License`_
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for the complete license.
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for the complete license.
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-.. _the license: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/authors.html#license
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.. |build| image:: https://travis-ci.org/borgbackup/borg.svg
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.. |build| image:: https://travis-ci.org/borgbackup/borg.svg
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