borg-break-lock(1)

borg-break-lock1

Break the repository lock (e.g. in case it was left by a dead borg.

Usage

borg [common options] break-lock [options] [REPOSITORY]

Overview

This command breaks the repository and cache locks. Please use with care and only when no borg process (on any machine) is trying to access the cache or the repository.

Options

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

arguments

REPOSITORY

repository for which to break the locks

Releases

5 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. Arch

Author

The Borg Collective

From borg 1.4.5-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.