borg/docs/usage/recreate.rst

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Examples
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    # Make old (Attic / Borg 0.xx) archives deduplicate with Borg 1.x archives
    # Archives created with Borg 1.1+ and the default chunker params are skipped (archive ID stays the same)
    $ borg recreate /mnt/backup --chunker-params default --progress

    # Create a backup with little but fast compression
    $ borg create /mnt/backup::archive /some/files --compression lz4
    # Then compress it - this might take longer, but the backup has already completed, so no inconsistencies
    # from a long-running backup job.
    $ borg recreate /mnt/backup::archive --recompress --compression zlib,9

    # Remove unwanted files from all archives in a repository
    $ borg recreate /mnt/backup -e /home/icke/Pictures/drunk_photos


    # Change archive comment
    $ borg create --comment "This is a comment" /mnt/backup::archivename ~
    $ borg info /mnt/backup::archivename
    Name: archivename
    Fingerprint: ...
    Comment: This is a comment
    ...
    $ borg recreate --comment "This is a better comment" /mnt/backup::archivename
    $ borg info /mnt/backup::archivename
    Name: archivename
    Fingerprint: ...
    Comment: This is a better comment
    ...