[Borgbackup] "borg check" without reading every byte

Marian Beermann public at enkore.de
Thu Dec 15 14:06:20 EST 2016


Hi John

from the check help page:

  --repository-only     only perform repository checks
  --archives-only       only perform archives checks

Cheers, Marian

On 15.12.2016 19:38, John Goerzen wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I have a question about borg check.  I'm anticipating storing a backup
> on a remote host to which I do not have the ability to install borg
> (think sshfs or webdav or so).  From the manpage description, it looks
> as if borg check will read every bit of data in the repo at least
> twice.  Is there a way for it to check the consistency of the metadata
> trees without checking the CRC of every segment or reading every bit of
> file data?
> 
> (I am pondering a move from obnam, which does have this feature)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
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