borg-import-tar

BORG-IMPORT-TAR(1) borg backup tool BORG-IMPORT-TAR(1)

NAME

   borg-import-tar - Create a backup archive from a tarball

SYNOPSIS

   borg [common options] import-tar [options] ARCHIVE TARFILE

DESCRIPTION

   This command creates a backup archive from a tarball.

   When giving '-' as path, Borg will read a tar stream from standard input.

   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:

   • .tar.gz or .tgz: gzip -d

   • .tar.bz2 or .tbz: bzip2 -d

   • .tar.xz or .txz: xz -d

   • .tar.zstd or .tar.zst: zstd -d

   • .tar.lz4: lz4 -d

   Alternatively, a --tar-filter program may be explicitly specified. It should read compressed data from stdin and output an uncompressed tar stream on stdout.

   Most documentation of borg create applies. Note that this command does not support excluding files.

   import-tar  is a lossy conversion: BSD flags, ACLs, extended attributes (xattrs), atime and ctime are not exported.  Timestamp resolution is limited to whole
   seconds, not the nanosecond resolution otherwise supported by Borg.

   A --sparse option (as found in borg create) is not supported.

   import-tar reads POSIX.1-1988 (ustar), POSIX.1-2001 (pax), GNU tar, UNIX V7 tar and SunOS tar with extended attributes.

   To import multiple tarballs into a single archive, they can be simply concatenated (e.g. using "cat") into a single file, and imported with an --ignore-zeros
   option to skip through the stop markers between them.

OPTIONS

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

arguments

   ARCHIVE
          name of archive to create (must be also a valid directory name)

   TARFILE
          input tar file. "-" to read from stdin instead.

options

   --tar-filter
          filter program to pipe data through

   -s, --stats
          print statistics for the created archive

   --list output verbose list of items (files, dirs, ...)

   --filter STATUSCHARS
          only display items with the given status characters

   --json output stats as JSON (implies --stats)

   --ignore-zeros
          ignore zero-filled blocks in the input tarball

Archive options

   --comment COMMENT
          add a comment text to the archive

   --timestamp TIMESTAMP
          manually specify the archive creation date/time (UTC, yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss format). alternatively, give a reference file/directory.

   -c SECONDS, --checkpoint-interval SECONDS
          write checkpoint every SECONDS seconds (Default: 1800)

   --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

   -C COMPRESSION, --compression COMPRESSION
          select compression algorithm, see the output of the "borg help compression" command for details.