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borg-rename - Rename an existing archive

Name  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  arguments  EXAMPLES  SEE ALSO  Author 

Name

borg-rename − Rename an existing archive

SYNOPSIS

borg [common options] rename [options] ARCHIVE NEWNAME

DESCRIPTION

This command renames an archive in the repository.

This results in a different archive ID.

OPTIONS

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

arguments

ARCHIVE

archive to rename

NEWNAME

the new archive name to use

EXAMPLES

$ borg create /path/to/repo::archivename ˜
$ borg list /path/to/repo
archivename Mon, 2016−02−15 19:50:19

$ borg rename /path/to/repo::archivename newname
$ borg list /path/to/repo
newname Mon, 2016−02−15 19:50:19

SEE ALSO

borg−common(1)

Author

The Borg Collective


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