BORG-RLIST

NAME

borg-rlist - List the archives contained in a repository

SYNOPSIS

borg [common options] rlist [options]

DESCRIPTION

This command lists the archives contained in a repository.

OPTIONS

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

options

--consider-checkpoints

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

--short

only print the archive names, nothing else

--format FORMAT

specify format for archive listing (default: "{archive:<36} {time} [{id}]{NL}")

--json

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.

Archive filters

-a PATTERN, --match-archives PATTERN

only consider archive names matching the pattern. see "borg help match-archives".

--sort-by KEYS

Comma-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, 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

--oldest TIMESPAN

consider archives between the oldest archive's timestamp and (oldest + TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.

--newest TIMESPAN

consider archives between the newest archive's timestamp and (newest - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.

--older TIMESPAN

consider archives older than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d oder 12m.

--newer TIMESPAN

consider archives newer than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.

EXAMPLES

$ borg rlist
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
...

NOTES

The FORMAT specifier syntax

The --format option uses python's format string syntax.

Examples:

$ borg rlist --format '{archive}{NL}'
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 rlist --format '{archive:36} {time} [{id}]{NL}' /path/to/repo
ArchiveFoo Thu, 2021-12-09 10:22:28 [0b8e9a312bef3f2f6e2d0fc110c196827786c15eba0188738e81697a7fa3b274]
...

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
	•		SPACE
	•		TAB
	•		CR
	•		LF

Keys available only when listing archives in a repository:

	•		archive: archive name
	•		name: alias of "archive"
	•		comment: archive comment
	•		id: internal ID of the 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

SEE ALSO

borg-common(1)

AUTHOR

The Borg Collective