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.. include:: global.rst.inc
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Welcome to Borg
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================
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|project_name| is a deduplicating backup program.
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Optionally, it also supports compression and authenticated encryption.
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The main goal of |project_name| is to provide an efficient and secure way
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to backup data. The data deduplication technique used makes |project_name|
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suitable for daily backups since only the changes are stored. The authenticated
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encryption makes it suitable for backups to not fully trusted targets.
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|project_name| is written in Python (with a little bit of Cython and C for
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the performance critical parts).
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Easy to use
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-----------
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Initialize a new backup :ref:`repository <repository_def>` and create your
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first backup :ref:`archive <archive_def>` in two lines::
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$ borg init /mnt/backup
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$ borg create /mnt/backup::Monday ~/Documents
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$ borg create --stats /mnt/backup::Tuesday ~/Documents
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Archive name: Tuesday
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Archive fingerprint: 387a5e3f9b0e792e91ce87134b0f4bfe17677d9248cb5337f3fbf3a8e157942a
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Start time: Tue Mar 25 12:00:10 2014
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End time: Tue Mar 25 12:00:10 2014
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Duration: 0.08 seconds
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Number of files: 358
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Original size Compressed size Deduplicated size
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This archive: 57.16 MB 46.78 MB 151.67 kB
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All archives: 114.02 MB 93.46 MB 44.81 MB
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See the :ref:`quickstart` chapter for a more detailed example.
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Easy installation
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-----------------
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You can use pip to install |project_name| quickly and easily::
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$ pip3 install borgbackup
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Need more help with installing? See :ref:`installation`.
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User's Guide
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============
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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foreword
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installation
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quickstart
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usage
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faq
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internals
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Getting help
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============
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If you've found a bug or have a concrete feature request, please create a new
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ticket on the project's `issue tracker`_ (after checking whether someone else
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already has reported the same thing).
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For more general questions or discussions, IRC or mailing list are preferred.
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IRC
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---
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Join us on channel #borgbackup on chat.freenode.net. As usual on IRC, just
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ask or tell directly and then patiently wait for replies. Stay connected.
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Mailing list
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------------
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There is a mailing list for Borg on librelist_ that you can use for feature
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requests and general discussions about Borg. A mailing list archive is
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available `here <http://librelist.com/browser/borgbackup/>`_.
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To subscribe to the list, send an email to borgbackup@librelist.com and reply
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to the confirmation mail. Likewise, to unsubscribe, send an email to
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borgbackup-unsubscribe@librelist.com and reply to the confirmation mail.
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