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borg-list - List archive or repository contents

Name  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  arguments  options  Archive filters  Include/Exclude options  EXAMPLES  NOTES  The FORMAT specifier syntax  SEE ALSO  Author 

Name

borg-list − List archive or repository contents

SYNOPSIS

borg [common options] list [options] [REPOSITORY_OR_ARCHIVE] [PATH...]

DESCRIPTION

This command lists the contents of a repository or an archive.

For more help on include/exclude patterns, see the borg_patterns command output.

OPTIONS

See borg−common(1) for common options of Borg commands.

arguments

REPOSITORY_OR_ARCHIVE

repository or archive to list contents of

PATH

paths to list; patterns are supported

options

−−consider−checkpoints

Show checkpoint archives in the repository contents list (default: hidden).

−−short

only print file/directory names, nothing else

−−format FORMAT

specify format for file or archive listing (default for files: "{mode} {user:6} {group:6} {size:8} {mtime} {path}{extra}{NL}"; for archives: "{archive:<36} {time} [{id}]{NL}")

−−json

Only valid for listing repository contents. Format output as JSON. The form of −−format is ignored, but keys used in it are added to the JSON output. Some keys are always present. Note: JSON can only represent text. A "barchive" key is therefore not available.

−−json−lines

Only valid for listing archive contents. Format output as JSON Lines. The form of −−format is ignored, but keys used in it are added to the JSON output. Some keys are always present. Note: JSON can only represent text. A "bpath" key is therefore not available.

Archive filters

−P PREFIX, −−prefix PREFIX

only consider archive names starting with this prefix. (deprecated)

−a GLOB, −−glob−archives GLOB

only consider archive names matching the glob. sh: rules apply (without actually using the sh: prefix), see "borg help patterns".

−−sort−by KEYS

Comma−separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, archive, name, id; default is: timestamp

−−first N

consider first N archives after other filters were applied

−−last N

consider last N archives after other filters were applied

Include/Exclude options

−e PATTERN, −−exclude PATTERN

exclude paths matching PATTERN

−−exclude−from EXCLUDEFILE

read exclude patterns from EXCLUDEFILE, one per line

−−pattern PATTERN

include/exclude paths matching PATTERN

−−patterns−from PATTERNFILE

read include/exclude patterns from PATTERNFILE, one per line

EXAMPLES

$ borg list /path/to/repo
Monday Mon, 2016−02−15 19:15:11
repo Mon, 2016−02−15 19:26:54
root−2016−02−15 Mon, 2016−02−15 19:36:29
newname Mon, 2016−02−15 19:50:19
...

$ borg list /path/to/repo::root−2016−02−15
drwxr−xr−x root root 0 Mon, 2016−02−15 17:44:27 .
drwxrwxr−x root root 0 Mon, 2016−02−15 19:04:49 bin
−rwxr−xr−x root root 1029624 Thu, 2014−11−13 00:08:51 bin/bash
lrwxrwxrwx root root 0 Fri, 2015−03−27 20:24:26 bin/bzcmp −> bzdiff
−rwxr−xr−x root root 2140 Fri, 2015−03−27 20:24:22 bin/bzdiff
...

$ borg list /path/to/repo::root−2016−02−15 −−pattern "− bin/ba*"
drwxr−xr−x root root 0 Mon, 2016−02−15 17:44:27 .
drwxrwxr−x root root 0 Mon, 2016−02−15 19:04:49 bin
lrwxrwxrwx root root 0 Fri, 2015−03−27 20:24:26 bin/bzcmp −> bzdiff
−rwxr−xr−x root root 2140 Fri, 2015−03−27 20:24:22 bin/bzdiff
...

$ borg list /path/to/repo::archiveA −−format="{mode} {user:6} {group:6} {size:8d} {isomtime} {path}{extra}{NEWLINE}"
drwxrwxr−x user user 0 Sun, 2015−02−01 11:00:00 .
drwxrwxr−x user user 0 Sun, 2015−02−01 11:00:00 code
drwxrwxr−x user user 0 Sun, 2015−02−01 11:00:00 code/myproject
−rw−rw−r−− user user 1416192 Sun, 2015−02−01 11:00:00 code/myproject/file.ext
−rw−rw−r−− user user 1416192 Sun, 2015−02−01 11:00:00 code/myproject/file.text
...

$ borg list /path/to/repo/::archiveA −−pattern '+ re:\.ext$' −−pattern '− re:ˆ.*$'
−rw−rw−r−− user user 1416192 Sun, 2015−02−01 11:00:00 code/myproject/file.ext
...

$ borg list /path/to/repo/::archiveA −−pattern '+ re:.ext$' −−pattern '− re:ˆ.*$'
−rw−rw−r−− user user 1416192 Sun, 2015−02−01 11:00:00 code/myproject/file.ext
−rw−rw−r−− user user 1416192 Sun, 2015−02−01 11:00:00 code/myproject/file.text
...

NOTES

The FORMAT specifier syntax

The −−format option uses Python's format string syntax <https://docs .python.org/3.10/library/string.html#formatstrings>.

Examples:

$ borg list −−format '{archive}{NL}' /path/to/repo
ArchiveFoo
ArchiveBar
...

# {VAR:NUMBER} − pad to NUMBER columns.
# Strings are left−aligned, numbers are right−aligned.
# Note: time columns except ``isomtime``, ``isoctime`` and ``isoatime`` cannot be padded.
$ borg list −−format '{archive:36} {time} [{id}]{NL}' /path/to/repo
ArchiveFoo Thu, 2021−12−09 10:22:28 [0b8e9a312bef3f2f6e2d0fc110c196827786c15eba0188738e81697a7fa3b274]
$ borg list −−format '{mode} {user:6} {group:6} {size:8} {mtime} {path}{extra}{NL}' /path/to/repo::ArchiveFoo
−rw−rw−r−− user user 1024 Thu, 2021−12−09 10:22:17 file−foo
...

# {VAR:<NUMBER} − pad to NUMBER columns left−aligned.
# {VAR:>NUMBER} − pad to NUMBER columns right−aligned.
$ borg list −−format '{mode} {user:>6} {group:>6} {size:<8} {mtime} {path}{extra}{NL}' /path/to/repo::ArchiveFoo
−rw−rw−r−− user user 1024 Thu, 2021−12−09 10:22:17 file−foo
...

The following keys are always available:

•

NEWLINE: OS dependent line separator

•

NL: alias of NEWLINE

•

NUL: NUL character for creating print0 / xargs −0 like output, see barchive and bpath keys below

•

SPACE

•

TAB

•

CR

•

LF

Keys available only when listing archives in a repository:

•

archive: archive name interpreted as text (might be missing non−text characters, see barchive)

•

name: alias of "archive"

•

barchive: verbatim archive name, can contain any character except NUL

•

comment: archive comment interpreted as text (might be missing non−text characters, see bcomment)

•

bcomment: verbatim archive comment, can contain any character except NUL

•

id: internal ID of the archive

•

tam: TAM authentication state of this archive

•

start: time (start) of creation of the archive

•

time: alias of "start"

•

end: time (end) of creation of the archive

•

command_line: command line which was used to create the archive

•

hostname: hostname of host on which this archive was created

•

username: username of user who created this archive

Keys available only when listing files in an archive:

•

type

•

mode

•

uid

•

gid

•

user

•

group

•

path: path interpreted as text (might be missing non−text characters, see bpath)

•

bpath: verbatim POSIX path, can contain any character except NUL

•

source: link target for links (identical to linktarget)

•

linktarget

•

flags

•

size

•

csize: compressed size

•

dsize: deduplicated size

•

dcsize: deduplicated compressed size

•

num_chunks: number of chunks in this file

•

unique_chunks: number of unique chunks in this file

•

mtime

•

ctime

•

atime

•

isomtime

•

isoctime

•

isoatime

•

blake2b

•

blake2s

•

md5

•

sha1

•

sha224

•

sha256

•

sha384

•

sha3_224

•

sha3_256

•

sha3_384

•

sha3_512

•

sha512

•

xxh64: XXH64 checksum of this file (note: this is NOT a cryptographic hash!)

•

archiveid

•

archivename

•

extra: prepends {source} with " −> " for soft links and " link to " for hard links

•

health: either "healthy" (file ok) or "broken" (if file has all−zero replacement chunks)

SEE ALSO

borg−common(1), borg−info(1), borg−diff(1), borg−prune(1), borg−patterns(1)

Author

The Borg Collective


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