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diff --git a/docs/usage/tar.rst b/docs/usage/tar.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3ef38e164 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/usage/tar.rst @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +.. include:: export-tar.rst.inc + +Examples +~~~~~~~~ +:: + + # export as uncompressed tar + $ borg export-tar /path/to/repo::Monday Monday.tar + + # exclude some types, compress using gzip + $ borg export-tar /path/to/repo::Monday Monday.tar.gz --exclude '*.so' + + # use higher compression level with gzip + $ borg export-tar testrepo::linux --tar-filter="gzip -9" Monday.tar.gz + + # export a gzipped tar, but instead of storing it on disk, + # upload it to a remote site using curl. + $ borg export-tar ... --tar-filter="gzip" - | curl --data-binary @- https://somewhere/to/POST |