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add examples for --paths-from-stdin, --paths-from-command, --paths-separator #5644

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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions docs/usage/create.rst
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Expand Up @@ -74,3 +74,14 @@ Examples
$ cd /home/user/Documents
# The root directory of the archive will be "projectA"
$ borg create /path/to/repo::daily-projectA-{now:%Y-%m-%d} projectA

# Use external command to determine files to archive
# Use --paths-from-stdin with find to only backup files less than 1MB in size
$ find ~ -size -1000k | borg create --paths-from-stdin /path/to/repo::small-files-only
# Use --paths-from-command with find to only backup files from a given user
$ borg create --paths-from-command -- /path/to/repo::joes-files find ~ -user joe
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# Use --paths-from-stdin with --paths-separator to backup files listed in a csv file
$ echo files-to-backup.csv | borg create \
--paths-from-stdin \
--paths-separator "," \
/path/to/repo::csv-specified-files
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