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+# BorgBackup
+Used to backup the desktop
+
+## Create Repo
+This only needs to be done if you don't have a location set for the backups
+
+This example uses the mounted SSD on the desktop
+`borg init --encryption=repokey /media/jerick/8E12F96B12F95923/LinuxBackups/`
+
+Backup the ~/src and ~/Documents directories into an archive called Monday
+`borg create --stats /media/jerick/8E12F96B12F95923/LinuxBackups/::Monday ~/src ~/Documents`
+
+List all archives in the repository:
+`borg list /media/jerick/8E12F96B12F95923/LinuxBackups/`
+
+Restore the Monday archive by extracting the files relative to the current directory:
+`borg extract /media/jerick/8E12F96B12F95923/LinuxBackups/::Monday`
+
+Delete the Monday archive (please note that this does not free repo disk space):
+`borg delete /media/jerick/8E12F96B12F95923/LinuxBackups/::Monday`
+
+Recover disk space by compacting the segment files in the repo
+`borg compact /media/jerick/8E12F96B12F95923/LinuxBackups/`
+
+Backup entire system minus games
+`borg create --stats --progress /media/jerick/8E12F96B12F95923/LinuxBackups/::Monday ~ --exclude ~/.steam --exclude ~/VirtualBox\ VMs/ --exclude ~/Games --exclude ~/.cache --exclude ~/NFSFolder`
+
+# Media h265
+
+Finds all files in subdirectories and encodes them to 1080p h265
+