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.TH "BORG-IMPORT-TAR" "1" "2025-04-18" "" "borg backup tool"
.SH NAME
borg-import-tar \- Create a backup archive from a tarball
.SH SYNOPSIS
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borg [common options] import\-tar [options] ARCHIVE TARFILE
.SH DESCRIPTION
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This command creates a backup archive from a tarball.
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When giving \(aq\-\(aq as path, Borg will read a tar stream from standard input.
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By default (\-\-tar\-filter=auto) Borg will detect whether the file is compressed
based on its file extension and pipe the file through an appropriate filter:
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.IP \(bu 2
\&.tar.gz or .tgz: gzip \-d
.IP \(bu 2
\&.tar.bz2 or .tbz: bzip2 \-d
.IP \(bu 2
\&.tar.xz or .txz: xz \-d
.IP \(bu 2
\&.tar.zstd or .tar.zst: zstd \-d
.IP \(bu 2
\&.tar.lz4: lz4 \-d
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Alternatively, a \-\-tar\-filter program may be explicitly specified. It should
read compressed data from stdin and output an uncompressed tar stream on
stdout.
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Most documentation of borg create applies. Note that this command does not
support excluding files.
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import\-tar is a lossy conversion:
BSD flags, ACLs, extended attributes (xattrs), atime and ctime are not exported.
Timestamp resolution is limited to whole seconds, not the nanosecond resolution
otherwise supported by Borg.
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A \fB\-\-sparse\fP option (as found in borg create) is not supported.
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import\-tar reads POSIX.1\-1988 (ustar), POSIX.1\-2001 (pax), GNU tar, UNIX V7 tar
and SunOS tar with extended attributes.
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To import multiple tarballs into a single archive, they can be simply
concatenated (e.g. using \(dqcat\(dq) into a single file, and imported with an
\fB\-\-ignore\-zeros\fP option to skip through the stop markers between them.
.SH OPTIONS
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See \fIborg\-common(1)\fP for common options of Borg commands.
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.B ARCHIVE
name of archive to create (must be also a valid directory name)
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.B TARFILE
input tar file. \(dq\-\(dq to read from stdin instead.
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.SS options
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.B  \-\-tar\-filter
filter program to pipe data through
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.B  \-s\fP,\fB  \-\-stats
print statistics for the created archive
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.B  \-\-list
output verbose list of items (files, dirs, ...)
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.BI \-\-filter \ STATUSCHARS
only display items with the given status characters
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.B  \-\-json
output stats as JSON (implies \-\-stats)
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.B  \-\-ignore\-zeros
ignore zero\-filled blocks in the input tarball
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.SS Archive options
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.BI \-\-comment \ COMMENT
add a comment text to the archive
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.BI \-\-timestamp \ TIMESTAMP
manually specify the archive creation date/time (UTC, yyyy\-mm\-ddThh:mm:ss format). alternatively, give a reference file/directory.
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.BI \-c \ SECONDS\fR,\fB \ \-\-checkpoint\-interval \ SECONDS
write checkpoint every SECONDS seconds (Default: 1800)
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.BI \-\-chunker\-params \ PARAMS
specify the chunker parameters (ALGO, CHUNK_MIN_EXP, CHUNK_MAX_EXP, HASH_MASK_BITS, HASH_WINDOW_SIZE). default: buzhash,19,23,21,4095
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.BI \-C \ COMPRESSION\fR,\fB \ \-\-compression \ COMPRESSION
select compression algorithm, see the output of the \(dqborg help compression\(dq command for details.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fIborg\-common(1)\fP
.SH AUTHOR
The Borg Collective
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