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.TH BORG-COMPACT 1 "2019-03-21" "" "borg backup tool"
.SH NAME
borg-compact \- compact segment files in the repository
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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borg [common options] compact [options] REPOSITORY
.SH DESCRIPTION
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This command frees repository space by compacting segments.
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Use this regularly to avoid running out of space \- you do not need to use this
after each borg command though.
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borg compact does not need a key, so it is possible to invoke it from the
client or also from the server.
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Depending on the amount of segments that need compaction, it may take a while.
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See \fIseparate_compaction\fP in Additional Notes for more details.
.SH OPTIONS
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See \fIborg\-common(1)\fP for common options of Borg commands.
.SS arguments
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.B REPOSITORY
repository to compact
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.TP
.B \-\-cleanup\-commits
cleanup commit\-only 17\-byte segment files
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.ft C
# compact segments and free repo disk space
$ borg compact /path/to/repo

# same as above plus clean up 17byte commit\-only segments,
# use this one time after upgrading borg (server) to 1.2+
# to clean up the tiny segments files created by borg 1.1:
$ borg compact \-\-cleanup\-commits /path/to/repo
.ft P
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fIborg\-common(1)\fP
.SH AUTHOR
The Borg Collective
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