From 528e507d21a71275bdc1043a8a327568ca9b55d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thalian Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 20:10:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add a note to create from stdin regarding files cache, fixes #5180 --- src/borg/archiver.py | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/borg/archiver.py b/src/borg/archiver.py index 976faaf7e..b21fee479 100644 --- a/src/borg/archiver.py +++ b/src/borg/archiver.py @@ -3175,6 +3175,11 @@ class Archiver: creating an archive should the command fail. The command is considered failed when it returned a non-zero exit code. + Reading from stdin yields just a stream of data without file metadata + associated with it, and the files cache is not needed at all. So it is + safe to disable it via ``--files-cache disabled`` and speed up backup + creation a bit. + By default, the content read from stdin is stored in a file called 'stdin'. Use ``--stdin-name`` to change the name. """)