create

Here's the command-line help for this action in the most recent version of borgmatic. If you're using an older version, some of these flags may not work, and you should instead run the action with --help to see the flags specific to your borgmatic version.

usage: borgmatic create [--repository REPOSITORY] [--progress] [--stats]
                        [--list] [--json] [--comment COMMENT] [-h]

Create an archive (actually perform a backup)

create arguments:
  --repository REPOSITORY
                        Path of specific existing repository to backup to
                        (must be already specified in a borgmatic
                        configuration file), quoted globs supported
  --progress            Display progress for each file as it is backed up
  --stats               Display statistics of archive
  --list, --files       Show per-file details
  --json                Output results as JSON
  --comment COMMENT     Add a comment text to the archive
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit

Related documentation

• Backups