[Borgbackup] BORG_CACHE_DIR with multiple backup copies

[David Gasaway]

On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 10:19 PM Jim S. <jimstr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Read all the docs thoroughly I think; sorry if this question has already
> been addressed there.
>
> Re: BORG_CACHE_DIR (default ~/.cache/borg).  I am backing up a single
> dataset to three separate external drives, each in weekly rotation (so each
> media contains a full backup of the dataset.)  Can they share a common
> BORG_CACHE_DIR or should I define a different cache directory for each
> external media?
>
> I suppose another way to ask the question: does BORG_CACHE_DIR reflect the
> content of the dataset being backed-up, or the the content of the media
> being written to?
>

The borg cache directory should have a subdirectory for each destination
repository.  Yes, two backups on the same client can have the
BORG_CACHE_DIR, but they aren't actually going to be sharing local
resources.

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-:-:- David K. Gasaway
-:-:- Email: dave at gasaway.org
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