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
-
command to run
- ARGS
-
command arguments
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
The Borg Collective