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borg-with-lock(1) borg backup tool borg-with-lock(1)

Name

borg-with-lock - run a user specified command with the repository lock held

SYNOPSIS

borg [common options] with-lock [options] COMMAND [ARGS...]

DESCRIPTION

This command runs a user-specified command while locking the repository. For example:

$ BORG_REPO=/mnt/borgrepo borg with-lock rsync -av /mnt/borgrepo /somewhere/else/borgrepo


It will first try to acquire the lock (make sure that no other operation is running in the repo), then execute the given command as a subprocess and wait for its termination, release the lock and return the user command's return code as borg's return code.

Note:

If you copy a repository with the lock held, the lock will be present in the copy. Thus, before using borg on the copy from a different host, you need to use "borg break-lock" on the copied repository, because Borg is cautious and does not automatically remove stale locks made by a different host.


OPTIONS

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

arguments

command to run
command arguments

SEE ALSO

borg-common(1)

Author

The Borg Collective

2025-11-08