NAME

       borgmatic - backups manager for borgbackup

SYNOPSIS

       borgmatic [options]

DESCRIPTION

       A simple wrapper script for the Borg backup software that creates and prunes backups.  If none of the ac‐
       tion options are given, then borgmatic defaults to: prune, create, and check archives.

OPTIONS

   optional arguments
       -h, --help
              Show this help message and exit

   global arguments
       -c [CONFIG_PATHS [CONFIG_PATHS ...]], --config [CONFIG_PATHS [CONFIG_PATHS ...]]
              Configuration  filenames  or directories, defaults to: /etc/borgmatic/config.yaml /etc/borgmatic.d
              /root/.config/borgmatic/config.yaml

       --excludes EXCLUDES_FILENAME
              Deprecated in favor of exclude_patterns within configuration

       -n, --dry-run
              Go through the motions, but do not actually write to any repositories

       -nc, --no-color
              Disable colored output

       -v {0,1,2}, --verbosity {0,1,2}
              Display verbose progress to the console (from none to lots: 0, 1, or 2)

       --syslog-verbosity {0,1,2}
              Display verbose progress to syslog (from none to lots: 0, 1, or 2).  Ignored when console  is  in‐
              teractive

       --version
              Display installed version number of borgmatic and exit

   actions
       Specify zero or more actions.  Defaults to prune, create, and check.  Use –help with action for details:

       init (--init, -I)
              Initialize an empty Borg repository

       prune (--prune, -p)
              Prune archives according to the retention policy

       create (--create, -C)
              Create archives (actually perform backups)

       check (--check, -k)
              Check archives for consistency

       extract (--extract, -x)
              Extract a named archive to the current directory

       list (--list, -l)
              List archives

       info (--info, -i)
              Display summary information on archives

SEE ALSO

       The  borgmatic  source  code  and  all  documentation  may  be  downloaded  from <https://github.com/wit‐
       ten/borgmatic>

AUTHORS

       Dan Helfman <witten@torsion.org>.

backups manager for borgbackup manual             August, 2019                                      BORGMATIC(1)