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Mention that database dumps consumed disk space prior to borgmatic 1.5.3.

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Dan Helfman 2022-05-09 16:08:47 -07:00
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@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ As part of each backup, borgmatic streams a database dump for each configured
database directly to Borg, so it's included in the backup without consuming database directly to Borg, so it's included in the backup without consuming
additional disk space. (The exceptions are the PostgreSQL/MongoDB "directory" additional disk space. (The exceptions are the PostgreSQL/MongoDB "directory"
dump formats, which can't stream and therefore do consume temporary disk dump formats, which can't stream and therefore do consume temporary disk
space.) space. Additionally, prior to borgmatic 1.5.3, all database dumps consumed
temporary disk space.)
To support this, borgmatic creates temporary named pipes in `~/.borgmatic` by To support this, borgmatic creates temporary named pipes in `~/.borgmatic` by
default. To customize this path, set the `borgmatic_source_directory` option default. To customize this path, set the `borgmatic_source_directory` option