borg-break-lock(1)

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version 1.4.5 · 7 versions
, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

borg-break-lock — bestie, this is the one that breaks the repository lock (like, for when it got left behind by a dead borg, rip 💀). It's part of the borg backup tool and it lives in section 1 of the manual, borg-break-lock(1), iykyk.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

borg [common options] break-lock [options] [REPOSITORY]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Okay so listen up, because this one is serious. This command breaks the repository and cache locks. That's it, that's the whole job, and it's kind of a big deal.

🫶 Please use with care — and only when no borg process (on any machine) is trying to access the cache or the repository. Not "probably no process", not "I think it's fine", like, actually none. Fr fr. 🙈

💅 OPTIONS 💅

See borg-common(1) for common options of Borg commands. (Yes, the common ones live over there, go say hi. 👋)

🎀 arguments 🎀

  • REPOSITORY — the repository for which to break the locks. It's optional in the synopsis but this is the one you're pointing at, so like… name your target bestie. 👑

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

The Borg Collective — iconic, no notes, they ate and left zero crumbs. 💜

Sign-off time, bestie: this whole thing is brought to you by the borg backup tool, dated 2026-07-18, and the page you're reading is borg-break-lock(1). Stay safe out there, don't break locks unless you mean it, mwah. 💖✨🎀

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