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title = "Using both Borg and Restic"
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Allowances have been made to be able to use both Borg and Restic repositories
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for the same backup in one configuration file, and this will largely work
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correctly. However, caution must be taken when using any direct Borg/Restic
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command line parameters as they could cause either backup tool to fail as it
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does not understand the parameter given.
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A good example of this is the `--stats` parameter. Borg understands this and
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outputs backup stats when its backup has completed. However, Restic does not
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have a `--stats` parameter and fails to run when it is provided.
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Since `Norg version 0.1.6`, we have taken steps to ignore the `--stats` parameter
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when provided for restic repositories, so it will work correctly. However,
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other parameters could cause a similar effect. We shall try to cater for these
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as they are learned about. Please file an issue on our [Codeberg Repo](https://codeberg.org/pswilde/norgbackup/issues) if you discover a parameter which causes either backup tool to fail to run.
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## Aliased Commands
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Terminology in both Borg and Restic differs, but the result is effectively the same.
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Some different yet similar commands are aliased so they can be used interchangeably.
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The table below shows some of these:
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| Borg Command | Restic Command | Result |
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| --- | --- | --- |
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| create | backup | creates a backup |
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| list | snapshots | lists archives/snapshots |
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| extract | restore | restores/extracts a backup |
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| delete | forget | removes a archive/snapshot |
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| prune | forget (with --prune flag) | removes snapshots as per `--keep-*` config |
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You may specify either command and it will work with both except the `forget` command. This will only forget a single snapshot in restic, and delete a single archive with borg.
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