diff --git a/docs/usage/create.rst b/docs/usage/create.rst index 8e4a2e036..ec49f5fa8 100644 --- a/docs/usage/create.rst +++ b/docs/usage/create.rst @@ -41,18 +41,21 @@ Examples # Backup a raw device (must not be active/in use/mounted at that time) $ dd if=/dev/sdx bs=10M | borg create /path/to/repo::my-sdx - - # No compression (default) + # No compression (none) + $ borg create --compression none /path/to/repo::arch ~ + + # Super fast, low compression (lz4, default) $ borg create /path/to/repo::arch ~ - # Super fast, low compression - $ borg create --compression lz4 /path/to/repo::arch ~ - - # Less fast, higher compression (N = 0..9) + # Less fast, higher compression (zlib, N = 0..9) $ borg create --compression zlib,N /path/to/repo::arch ~ - # Even slower, even higher compression (N = 0..9) + # Even slower, even higher compression (lzma, N = 0..9) $ borg create --compression lzma,N /path/to/repo::arch ~ + # Only compress compressible data with lzma,N (N = 0..9) + $ borg create --compression auto,lzma,N /path/to/repo::arch ~ + # Use short hostname, user name and current time in archive name $ borg create /path/to/repo::{hostname}-{user}-{now} ~ # Similar, use the same datetime format as borg 1.1 will have as default