borg-rename(1)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so this is borg-rename from the borg backup tool — it renames an existing archive, and honestly? slay. it's giving "glow-up but for your backup names" 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

borg [common options] rename [options] ARCHIVE NEWNAME

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

bestie. this command renames an archive in the repository. that's it, that's the whole job, and it does it flawlessly 💖

but wait — heads up, no cap — this results in a different archive ID. so like, the ID is not the same after the rename. it's a whole new identity, main character energy 👑

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🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

see borg-common(1) for the common options of Borg commands — that's where all the shared stuff lives, go look there, i'm not repeating it, periodt 💅

🌈 arguments

• ARCHIVE — the archive you wanna rename, babes
• NEWNAME — the new archive name to use, the glow-up name, the one ✨

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🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

watch and learn, this is the whole vibe:

$ borg create /path/to/repo::archivename ~
$ borg list /path/to/repo
archivename                          Mon, 2016-02-15 19:50:19

$ borg rename /path/to/repo::archivename newname
$ borg list /path/to/repo
newname                              Mon, 2016-02-15 19:50:19

see how archivename became newname? iconic. the timestamp stays the same, the name is new, we love a subtle rebrand 🫶

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• borg-common(1)

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

The Borg Collective — legends, every single one of them 🧚

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and that's the whole page bestie — this was borg-rename(1) from the borg backup tool, dated 2026-07-18. go forth and rename responsibly, mwah 💖✨