norgbackup/docs/content/usage/create_a_backup.md

+++ title = "Create a Backup" weight = 50 +++ Now norg is configured and your repositories are created and initialized, it's sensible to test everything is working. Run norg with the create command to start a backup like this:

norg -c myconfig.toml create --stats

As the command runs, you should check the output of borg or restic to see if files you expect to be backed up are being backed up.
The --stats flag provides statistics of a borg backup once completed. It is ignored for Restic backups.
The -c or --config option is required, and must reference a norg configuration file.

Default Options

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:

norg -c myconfig.toml

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.