borg-rename(1)

borg-rename1

Rename an existing archive

Usage

borg [common options] rename [options] ARCHIVE NEWNAME

Overview

This command renames an archive in the repository.

This results in a different archive ID.

Options

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

arguments

ARCHIVE

archive to rename

NEWNAME

the new archive name to use

Examples

$ borg create /path/to/repo::archivename ~
$ borg list /path/to/repo
archivename                          Mon, 2016-02-15 19:50:19
$ borg rename /path/to/repo::archivename newname
$ borg list /path/to/repo
newname                              Mon, 2016-02-15 19:50:19

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.