| BORG-TAG(1) | borg backup tool | BORG-TAG(1) | 
NAME¶
borg-tag - Manage tags
SYNOPSIS¶
borg [common options] tag [options] [NAME]
DESCRIPTION¶
Manage archive tags.
Borg archives can have a set of tags which can be used for matching archives.
You can set the tags to a specific set of tags or you can add or remove tags from the current set of tags.
User defined tags must not start with @ because such tags are considered special and users are only allowed to use known special tags:
@PROT: protects archives against archive deletion or pruning.
Pre-existing special tags can not be removed via --set. You can still use --set, but you must give pre-existing special tags also (so they won't be removed).
OPTIONS¶
See borg-common(1) for common options of Borg commands.
arguments¶
- NAME
 - specify the archive name
 
options¶
- --set TAG
 - set tags (can be given multiple times)
 - --add TAG
 - add tags (can be given multiple times)
 - --remove TAG
 - remove tags (can be given multiple times)
 
Archive filters¶
- -a PATTERN, --match-archives PATTERN
 - only consider archives matching all patterns. see "borg help match-archives".
 - --sort-by KEYS
 - Comma-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, archive, name, id, tags, host, user; 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 or 12m.
 - --newer TIMESPAN
 - consider archives newer than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.
 
SEE ALSO¶
AUTHOR¶
The Borg Collective
| 2025-08-04 |