borg-key-change-location(1)

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version 2.0.0b25 · 5 versions
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💖 borg-key-change-location(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the borg backup tool manual, and it's literally all about moving where your key lives. yes, that key. the one that unlocks your repo. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

borg-key-change-location — she changes the location of the borg key used to unlock this repository 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

borg [common options] key change-location [options] KEY_LOCATION

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the whole vibe here is: you're changing where a Borg key lives. and the key can live in different places, ok?

  • keyfile — locally, usually chilling in the home directory 🏠
  • repokey — inside the repository 📦

Please note, bestie, this part is important:

This command does NOT change the crypto algorithms. it ONLY changes the key location. so you must ONLY give the key location, and it has to be one of keyfile or repokey. no cap. 🙈

💅 OPTIONS 💅

common options for Borg commands live over in borg-common(1), go check that out 👑

🎀 arguments 🎀

  • KEY_LOCATION — select the key location, babes

⭐ options ⭐

  • --keep — keep the key also at the current location (default: remove it)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

👑 Author 👑

The Borg Collective

and that's the whole page, fr fr 💖 this was the borg backup tool, version/date 2026-10-07, and honestly? iconic. slay. 🎀✨🦋

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