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Borg2 list : Command Error: ['archive-name'] needed to match precisely one archive, but matched 25.
Hi,
Using borg2 here :
# borg --version
borg-linux-glibc236 2.0.0b19
I did a bunch of backups with the same archive name. As stated in the docs https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/master/usage/create.html :
The archive name does NOT need to be unique, you can and should use the same name for a series of archives. The unique archive identifier is its ID (hash) and you can abbreviate the ID as long as it is unique.
Extract of repo-list :
# borg repo-list
[…]
3ecbb3a1 Sat, 2025-10-04 17:40:42 +0200 save-goblin laurent goblin
20c099e3 Sun, 2025-10-05 21:09:03 +0200 save-goblin laurent goblin
c4242beb Thu, 2025-10-09 19:31:33 +0200 save-goblin laurent goblin
09f13abc Thu, 2025-10-09 19:46:09 +0200 save-goblin laurent goblin
How can I specify a particular archive with borg list ?
# borg list save-goblin
Command Error: ['save-goblin'] needed to match precisely one archive, but matched 25.
Is there a way to target an archive by its id ? Didn't find an answer in the docs…
Ok, just found it after digging in the git tree
# borg list aid:09f13abc .config
drwxr-xr-x laurent laurent 0 Sat, 2025-10-04 11:54:30 +0200 .config
[…]
This is documented in Docs / QuickStart, but not in Docs / Usage / borg list, nor in CLI help.
The aid:xxxxxx mechanism is a general one, so I want to avoid to document it for ALL commands.
Need to find a good one place for the docs.
