Howto borg backup
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https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

1. Install on the local machine (as well as on the server)
sudo apt-get install borgbackup

2. Initialize repository
borg init --encryption=repokey user@servername.domain.com:~/backup/borg

3. Backup
borg create user@servername.domain.com:~/backup/borg::test ~/downloads

4. List all archives in the repository:
borg list user@servername.domain.com:~/backup/borg

5. List the contents of a certain archive:
borg list user@servername.dimain.com:~/backup/borg::test

6. Restore a certain archive by extracting the files relative to the current directory:
borg extract user@servername.domain.com:~/backup/borg::test

7. Restore single files from a certain archive:
borg extract --dry-run --list user@servername.domain.com:~/backup/borg::test /subdir
borg extract --list user@servername.domain.com:~/backup/borg::test /subdir

8. Recover disk space by manually deleting a certain archive:
borg delete user@servername.domain.com:~/backup/borg::test