[Borgbackup] Resuming backup - does it require the same archive name?

[Oon-Ee Ng]

Thank you! That's reassuring.

On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 11:02 AM David Gasaway <dave at gasaway.org> wrote:

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> On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 2:22 PM Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee.talk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> After some testing with my /etc backups, I modified the script to backup
>> my ~ and left it overnight to run.
>>
>> I'm using a fairly standard archive name:- home-{hostname}-{now}
>>
>> Obviously the archive name depends on the date and time. If I cancel my
>> overnight backup run later this morning, I understand there will be
>> checkpoints for resuming. Does that require me to specify the archive name
>> which I originally used? Or can I just do borg create (with the above name)
>> again?
>>
>
> From the FAQ...
>
> https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/faq.html#if-a-backup-stops-mid-way-does-the-already-backed-up-data-stay-there
> "You may use the same archive name as in previous attempt or a different
> one (e.g. if you always include the current datetime), it does not matter."
>
> --
> -:-:- David K. Gasaway
> -:-:- Email: dave at gasaway.org
>
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