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borg with-lock
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    borg [common options] with-lock [options] REPOSITORY COMMAND [ARGS...]

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    | **positional arguments**                                                                    |
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    |                                                       | ``REPOSITORY`` | repository to lock |
    +-------------------------------------------------------+----------------+--------------------+
    |                                                       | ``COMMAND``    | command to run     |
    +-------------------------------------------------------+----------------+--------------------+
    |                                                       | ``ARGS``       | command arguments  |
    +-------------------------------------------------------+----------------+--------------------+
    | .. class:: borg-common-opt-ref                                                              |
    |                                                                                             |
    | :ref:`common_options`                                                                       |
    +-------------------------------------------------------+----------------+--------------------+

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    REPOSITORY
        repository to lock
    COMMAND
        command to run
    ARGS
        command arguments


    :ref:`common_options`
        |

Description
~~~~~~~~~~~

This command runs a user-specified command while the repository lock is held.

It will first try to acquire the lock (make sure that no other operation is
running in the repo), then execute the given command as a subprocess and wait
for its termination, release the lock and return the user command's return
code as borg's return code.

As example you can use "borg with-lock" to copy a repo to another location
(see :ref:`can_i_copy_or_synchronize_my_repo_to_another_location` in the FAQ).