NAME

       borgmatic - backups manager for borgbackup

SYNOPSIS

       borgmatic [options]

DESCRIPTION

       A  simple wrapper script for the Borg backup software that creates and prunes backups.  If
       none of the action options are given, then borgmatic defaults to: prune, create, and check
       archives.

OPTIONS

   optional arguments
       -h, --help
              Show this help message and exit

   global arguments
       -c [CONFIG_PATHS [CONFIG_PATHS ...]], --config [CONFIG_PATHS [CONFIG_PATHS ...]]
              Configuration  filenames  or  directories,  defaults to: /etc/borgmatic/config.yaml
              /etc/borgmatic.d /root/.config/borgmatic/config.yaml

       --excludes EXCLUDES_FILENAME
              Deprecated in favor of exclude_patterns within configuration

       -n, --dry-run
              Go through the motions, but do not actually write to any repositories

       -nc, --no-color
              Disable colored output

       -v {0,1,2}, --verbosity {0,1,2}
              Display verbose progress to the console (from none to lots: 0, 1, or 2)

       --syslog-verbosity {0,1,2}
              Display verbose progress to syslog (from none to lots: 0, 1, or 2).   Ignored  when
              console is interactive

       --version
              Display installed version number of borgmatic and exit

   actions
       Specify  zero  or  more  actions.   Defaults  to prune, create, and check.  Use –help with
       action for details:

       init (--init, -I)
              Initialize an empty Borg repository

       prune (--prune, -p)
              Prune archives according to the retention policy

       create (--create, -C)
              Create archives (actually perform backups)

       check (--check, -k)
              Check archives for consistency

       extract (--extract, -x)
              Extract a named archive to the current directory

       list (--list, -l)
              List archives

       info (--info, -i)
              Display summary information on archives

SEE ALSO

       The   borgmatic   source   code   and   all   documentation   may   be   downloaded   from
       ⟨https://github.com/witten/borgmatic⟩

AUTHORS

       Dan Helfman ⟨witten@torsion.org⟩