From c1d6232b79571313d37eee4af5908a546052b644 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Helfman Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 10:45:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Fix documentation to mention new "--files" flag. --- docs/how-to/set-up-backups.md | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/how-to/set-up-backups.md b/docs/how-to/set-up-backups.md index 8dcbda49..029d4b1b 100644 --- a/docs/how-to/set-up-backups.md +++ b/docs/how-to/set-up-backups.md @@ -170,16 +170,17 @@ good idea to test that borgmatic is working. So to run borgmatic and start a backup, you can invoke it like this: ```bash -sudo borgmatic --verbosity 1 +sudo borgmatic --verbosity 1 --files ``` By default, this will also prune any old backups as per the configured retention policy, and check backups for consistency problems due to things like file damage. -The verbosity flag makes borgmatic list the files that it's archiving, which -are those that are new or changed since the last backup. Eyeball the list and -see if it matches your expectations based on the configuration. +The verbosity flag makes borgmatic show the steps it's performing. And the +files flag lists each file that's new or changed since the last backup. +Eyeball the list and see if it matches your expectations based on the +configuration. If you'd like to specify an alternate configuration file path, use the `--config` flag. See `borgmatic --help` for more information.