Command Line Reference

Here are the available norg command line parameters for the most recent version. If you are using an older version of norg some of these parameters may not work. Please use norg --help to view all available parameters in your version.

Norg -- v0.1.10
A portable borg backup wrapper utility.

Usage:
   [options] [command] [further_args ...]

Arguments:
  [command]        The command to run, defaults to 'create' which will perform a backup. (default: create)
  [further_args ...]
                   Any further arguments to send onto borg or restic.

Options:
  -h, --help
  -c, --config=CONFIG        Config file to use.
  -d, --destination=DESTINATION
                             Destination when extracting backup,
  -r, --repository=REPOSITORY
                             Define an explicit repository to work on by either label or path.
  -a, --archive=ARCHIVE      The archive or snapshot to operate on.
  -s, --stats                Provides statistics at the end of a backup (Borg only).
  -v, --version              Shows the current norg version.

The -c, or --config, parameter is required. Failing to provide this will only show the above help information.

When specifying the -r or --repository parameter, you can specify either the label or path for the repository defined in the configuration file.