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@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ Which file types, attributes, etc. are *not* preserved?
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Archive extraction has optional support to extract all-zero chunks as
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holes in a sparse file.
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+Why is my backup bigger than with attic?
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+Why doesn't |project_name| do compression by default?
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+ * attic was rather unflexible when it comes to compression, it always
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+ compressed using zlib level 6 (no way to switch compression off or
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+ adjust the level or algorithm)
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+ * |project_name| offers a lot of different compression algorithms and
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+ levels. Which of them is the best for you pretty much depends on your use
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+ case, your data, your hardware - so you need to do an informed decision
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+ about whether you want to use compression, which algorithm and which
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+ level you want to use. This is why compression defaults to none.
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How can I specify the encryption passphrase programmatically?
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The encryption passphrase can be specified programmatically using the
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`BORG_PASSPHRASE` environment variable. This is convenient when setting up
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