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title = "Create a Backup"
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Now norg is configured and your repositories are created and initialized, it's
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sensible to test everything is working. Run norg with the `create` command to start a backup like this:
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```sh
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norg -c myconfig.toml create --stats
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```
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As the command runs, you should check the output of borg or restic to see if files
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you expect to be backed up are being backed up.
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The `--stats` flag provides statistics of a borg backup once completed. It is
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ignored for Restic backups.
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The `-c` or `--config` option is required, and must reference a norg configuration file.
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## Default Options
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If you do not specify `create`, or any other option, norg will default to the `create` option anyway, so the above command can be simplified as so:
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```sh
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norg -c myconfig.toml
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```
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With Restic, the terminology for creating a snapshot is `backup`. Norg has both `create` and `backup` as aliases to each other, so either will work as desired.
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