From 7265f6adb873289751516bb3cd3c2a7467a04cb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Waldmann Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 19:25:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] quickstart docs: only borg compact frees disk space --- docs/quickstart_example.rst.inc | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/quickstart_example.rst.inc b/docs/quickstart_example.rst.inc index 69ed98454..abf1be6e0 100644 --- a/docs/quickstart_example.rst.inc +++ b/docs/quickstart_example.rst.inc @@ -50,10 +50,14 @@ $ borg extract /path/to/repo::Monday -7. Recover disk space by manually deleting the *Monday* archive:: +7. Delete the *Monday* archive (please note that this does **not** free repo disk space):: $ borg delete /path/to/repo::Monday +8. Recover disk space by compacting the segment files in the repo:: + + $ borg compact /path/to/repo + .. Note:: Borg is quiet by default (it works on WARNING log level). You can use options like ``--progress`` or ``--list`` to get specific