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.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
.
-.TH BORG-CHECK 1 "2017-05-17" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH BORG-CHECK 1 "2017-06-18" "" "borg backup tool"
.SH NAME
borg-check \- Check repository consistency
.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stored in the segments.
If you use a remote repo server via ssh:, the repo check is executed on the
repo server without causing significant network traffic.
.IP \(bu 2
-The repository check can be skipped using the \-\-archives\-only option.
+The repository check can be skipped using the \fB\-\-archives\-only\fP option.
.UNINDENT
.sp
Second, the consistency and correctness of the archive metadata is verified:
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ decryption and this is always done client\-side, because key access will be
required).
.IP \(bu 2
The archive checks can be time consuming, they can be skipped using the
-\-\-repository\-only option.
+\fB\-\-repository\-only\fP option.
.UNINDENT
.sp
-The \-\-verify\-data option will perform a full integrity verification (as opposed to
+The \fB\-\-verify\-data\fP option will perform a full integrity verification (as opposed to
checking the CRC32 of the segment) of data, which means reading the data from the
repository, decrypting and decompressing it. This is a cryptographic verification,
which will detect (accidental) corruption. For encrypted repositories it is
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ only perform repository checks
only perform archives checks
.TP
.B \-\-verify\-data
-perform cryptographic archive data integrity verification (conflicts with \-\-repository\-only)
+perform cryptographic archive data integrity verification (conflicts with \fB\-\-repository\-only\fP)
.TP
.B \-\-repair
attempt to repair any inconsistencies found
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ work slower, but using less space
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-P\fP,\fB \-\-prefix
-only consider archive names starting with this prefix
+only consider archive names starting with this prefix.
+.TP
+.B \-a\fP,\fB \-\-glob\-archives
+only consider archive names matching the glob. sh: rules apply, see "borg help patterns". \fB\-\-prefix\fP and \fB\-\-glob\-archives\fP are mutually exclusive.
.TP
.B \-\-sort\-by
Comma\-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, name, id; default is: timestamp