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borg mount
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    borg [common options] mount [options] REPOSITORY_OR_ARCHIVE MOUNTPOINT

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    | **positional arguments**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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    |                                                                             | ``REPOSITORY_OR_ARCHIVE``             | repository/archive to mount                                                                                                                            |
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    |                                                                             | ``MOUNTPOINT``                        | where to mount filesystem                                                                                                                              |
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    | **optional arguments**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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    |                                                                             | ``-f``, ``--foreground``              | stay in foreground, do not daemonize                                                                                                                   |
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    |                                                                             | ``-o``                                | Extra mount options                                                                                                                                    |
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    | :ref:`common_options`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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    | **Archive filters** — Archive filters can be applied to repository targets.                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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    |                                                                             | ``-P PREFIX``, ``--prefix PREFIX``    | only consider archive names starting with this prefix.                                                                                                 |
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    |                                                                             | ``-a GLOB``, ``--glob-archives GLOB`` | only consider archive names matching the glob. sh: rules apply, see "borg help patterns". ``--prefix`` and ``--glob-archives`` are mutually exclusive. |
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    |                                                                             | ``--sort-by KEYS``                    | Comma-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, name, id; default is: timestamp                                                       |
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    |                                                                             | ``--first N``                         | consider first N archives after other filters were applied                                                                                             |
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    |                                                                             | ``--last N``                          | consider last N archives after other filters were applied                                                                                              |
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    REPOSITORY_OR_ARCHIVE
        repository/archive to mount
    MOUNTPOINT
        where to mount filesystem


    optional arguments
        -f, --foreground    stay in foreground, do not daemonize
        -o     Extra mount options


    :ref:`common_options`
        |

    Archive filters
        -P PREFIX, --prefix PREFIX        only consider archive names starting with this prefix.
        -a GLOB, --glob-archives GLOB     only consider archive names matching the glob. sh: rules apply, see "borg help patterns". ``--prefix`` and ``--glob-archives`` are mutually exclusive.
        --sort-by KEYS                    Comma-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, name, id; default is: timestamp
        --first N                         consider first N archives after other filters were applied
        --last N                          consider last N archives after other filters were applied


Description
~~~~~~~~~~~

This command mounts an archive as a FUSE filesystem. This can be useful for
browsing an archive or restoring individual files. Unless the ``--foreground``
option is given the command will run in the background until the filesystem
is ``umounted``.

The command ``borgfs`` provides a wrapper for ``borg mount``. This can also be
used in fstab entries:
``/path/to/repo /mnt/point fuse.borgfs defaults,noauto 0 0``

To allow a regular user to use fstab entries, add the ``user`` option:
``/path/to/repo /mnt/point fuse.borgfs defaults,noauto,user 0 0``

For mount options, see the fuse(8) manual page. Additional mount options
supported by borg:

- versions: when used with a repository mount, this gives a merged, versioned
  view of the files in the archives. EXPERIMENTAL, layout may change in future.
- allow_damaged_files: by default damaged files (where missing chunks were
  replaced with runs of zeros by borg check ``--repair``) are not readable and
  return EIO (I/O error). Set this option to read such files.

The BORG_MOUNT_DATA_CACHE_ENTRIES environment variable is meant for advanced users
to tweak the performance. It sets the number of cached data chunks; additional
memory usage can be up to ~8 MiB times this number. The default is the number
of CPU cores.

When the daemonized process receives a signal or crashes, it does not unmount.
Unmounting in these cases could cause an active rsync or similar process
to unintentionally delete data.

When running in the foreground ^C/SIGINT unmounts cleanly, but other
signals or crashes do not.