borg export-tar /backup/repo::myhost-2026-08-09 backup.tar

Category: Backup & Restore

borg export-tar /backup/repo::myhost-2026-08-09 backup.tar

Export an archive as a plain tar file

Streams the archive's contents into an ordinary, unencrypted tar file, useful for handing data to systems without borg. Add --tar-filter to compress on the fly, such as with gzip. The tar can be extracted anywhere.
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