- The only prerequisite is the presence of NSIS zip, available at https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis/files/NSIS%203/3.04/nsis-3.04.zip/download
- About 1 GB free disk space required to build installer
- Borg install itself will only require about 165 MB
borg mountcommand : it use FUSE wich is not available on Windows.- ssh repo like
borg init user@host:repo; you need to mount the repo as networkdrive first with WinFsp for exemple
Create the installer by running build32.bat on 32bit Windows or build64.bat on 64bit Windows. After creating the installer, run it to install Borg.
File paths are in Cygwin notation e.g. /c/path/to/my/files
Exemple batch script to do backup:
@echo off
REM Mount smb backup folder to W:
net use W: \\192.168.0.252\backup PASSWORD /USER:SOMEUSER /PERSISTENT:NO
set BORG_PASSPHRASE=MYBORGPASSWORD
REM ----------------------------------------
REM Use only first time
REM borg init --encryption=repokey-blake2 /w/Borg
REM ----------------------------------------
set T=%TIME: =0%
set backdir=%date:~6,4%-%date:~3,2%-%date:~0,2%-%T:~0,2%%T:~3,2%%T:~6,2%
call borg create --list -s -p -e '*/Thumbs.db' -e '*/Desktop.ini' -e '*/cache*' /w/Borg::%backdir% /c/Data /c/Users/me
call borg prune --list --show-rc --keep-daily 7 --keep-weekly 4 --keep-monthly 6 /w/Borg
net use W: /DELETE
The install script first builds borg inside temporary CygWin subfolder, then installs a much smaller release version into the Borg-installer subfolder. Built packages are copied over, unnecessary files removed, and then NSIS is run.
Tested with CygWin 3.0.7, borgbackup 1.1.10 on Windows 7 & 10, 32-bit & 64-bit.