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.TH "BORG-IMPORT-TAR" 1 "2022-08-03" "" "borg backup tool"
.SH NAME
borg-import-tar \- Create a backup archive from a tarball
.SH SYNOPSIS
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borg [common options] import\-tar [options] NAME TARFILE
.SH DESCRIPTION
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This command creates a backup archive from a tarball.
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When giving \(aq\-\(aq as path, Borg will read a tar stream from standard input.
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By default (\-\-tar\-filter=auto) Borg will detect whether the file is compressed
based on its file extension and pipe the file through an appropriate filter:
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\&.tar.gz or .tgz: gzip \-d
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\&.tar.bz2 or .tbz: bzip2 \-d
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\&.tar.xz or .txz: xz \-d
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\&.tar.zstd: zstd \-d
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\&.tar.lz4: lz4 \-d
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Alternatively, a \-\-tar\-filter program may be explicitly specified. It should
read compressed data from stdin and output an uncompressed tar stream on
stdout.
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Most documentation of borg create applies. Note that this command does not
support excluding files.
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A \fB\-\-sparse\fP option (as found in borg create) is not supported.
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About tar formats and metadata conservation or loss, please see \fBborg export\-tar\fP\&.
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import\-tar reads these tar formats:
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BORG: borg specific (PAX\-based)
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PAX: POSIX.1\-2001
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GNU: GNU tar
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POSIX.1\-1988 (ustar)
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UNIX V7 tar
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SunOS tar with extended attributes
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.SH OPTIONS
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See \fIborg\-common(1)\fP for common options of Borg commands.
.SS arguments
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.B NAME
specify the archive name
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.B TARFILE
input tar file. "\-" to read from stdin instead.
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.SS optional arguments
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.TP
.B \-\-tar\-filter
filter program to pipe data through
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.B \-s\fP,\fB \-\-stats
print statistics for the created archive
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.B \-\-list
output verbose list of items (files, dirs, ...)
.TP
.BI \-\-filter \ STATUSCHARS
only display items with the given status characters
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.B \-\-json
output stats as JSON (implies \-\-stats)
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.SS Archive options
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.BI \-\-comment \ COMMENT
add a comment text to the archive
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.BI \-\-timestamp \ TIMESTAMP
manually specify the archive creation date/time (UTC, yyyy\-mm\-ddThh:mm:ss format). alternatively, give a reference file/directory.
.TP
.BI \-c \ SECONDS\fR,\fB \ \-\-checkpoint\-interval \ SECONDS
write checkpoint every SECONDS seconds (Default: 1800)
.TP
.BI \-\-chunker\-params \ PARAMS
specify the chunker parameters (ALGO, CHUNK_MIN_EXP, CHUNK_MAX_EXP, HASH_MASK_BITS, HASH_WINDOW_SIZE). default: buzhash,19,23,21,4095
.TP
.BI \-C \ COMPRESSION\fR,\fB \ \-\-compression \ COMPRESSION
select compression algorithm, see the output of the "borg help compression" command for details.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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# export as uncompressed tar
$ borg export\-tar Monday Monday.tar
# import an uncompressed tar
$ borg import\-tar Monday Monday.tar
# exclude some file types, compress using gzip
$ borg export\-tar Monday Monday.tar.gz \-\-exclude \(aq*.so\(aq
# use higher compression level with gzip
$ borg export\-tar \-\-tar\-filter="gzip \-9" Monday Monday.tar.gz
# copy an archive from repoA to repoB
$ borg \-r repoA export\-tar \-\-tar\-format=BORG archive \- | borg \-r repoB import\-tar archive \-
# export a tar, but instead of storing it on disk, upload it to remote site using curl
$ borg export\-tar Monday \- | curl \-\-data\-binary @\- https://somewhere/to/POST
# remote extraction via "tarpipe"
$ borg export\-tar Monday \- | ssh somewhere "cd extracted; tar x"
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.SS Archives transfer script
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Outputs a script that copies all archives from repo1 to repo2:
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for A T in \(gaborg list \-\-format=\(aq{archive} {time:%Y\-%m\-%dT%H:%M:%S}{LF}\(aq\(ga
do
echo "borg \-r repo1 export\-tar \-\-tar\-format=BORG $A \- | borg \-r repo2 import\-tar \-\-timestamp=$T $A \-"
done
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.fi
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Kept:
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archive name, archive timestamp
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archive contents (all items with metadata and data)
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Lost:
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some archive metadata (like the original commandline, execution time, etc.)
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Please note:
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all data goes over that pipe, again and again for every archive
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the pipe is dumb, there is no data or transfer time reduction there due to deduplication
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maybe add compression
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pipe over ssh for remote transfer
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no special sparse file support
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fIborg\-common(1)\fP
.SH AUTHOR
The Borg Collective
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