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Desktop Backup Client for Borg Backup
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FR: Allow specifying BORG_CACHE_DIR #1819

Open mpr1255 opened 10 months ago

mpr1255 commented 10 months ago

Description

This does not have an "error" message, but I definitely consider this a bug.

I am backing up a bunch of stuff and my cache has come to be 150gb. On a Mac Mini with 500gb SSD this is far too big. It's all stored on the system disk with no option to store the cache elsewhere.

Suggestion: Vorta needs to expose the option to change the cache location.

This would basically solve the problem I think.

Reproduction

OS

Mac OSX Monterrey

Version of Vorta

0.8.10

What did you install Vorta with?

Homebrew

Version of Borg

No response

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real-yfprojects commented 10 months ago

Did you already report this problem at their repo? While moving the cache location would be a solution, one should also consider preventing the cache from getting this big.

Vorta needs to expose the option to change the cache location.

How can this be done with borg?

mpr1255 commented 10 months ago

I don't consider it a problem with borg itself. I'm backing up many TB of data, so a cache of 150gb might not be too crazy.

There are two possible flags for this in the reference:

BORG_BASE_DIR or BORG_CACHE_DIR, explained here: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/general.html

I mean the simplest general purpose solution is just to expose to the user a json with the borg commands that Vorta generates, and allow that file to be manipulated by the user. That way you don't have to trick out the GUI to a crazy degree to have every flag. If the user corrupts the file then just regen the defaults and make a new one. This is how a bunch of software handles things like this -- thinking of sumatrapdf for example.

real-yfprojects commented 10 months ago

I see. This issue is similar and linked to #1748.