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1 # Borgend 1 # Borgend
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3 This is a retrying scheduler as well as a MacOS tray icon for [BorgBackup](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/). 3 This is a retrying and queuing scheduler as well as a MacOS tray icon for [BorgBackup](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/).
4 If you are not on MacOS, no tray icon will be displayed, but you can still use Borgend as a retrying scheduler. 4 If you are not on MacOS, no tray icon will be displayed, but you can still use Borgend as a retrying scheduler.
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6 You can have multiple backups to the same repository, for example, you may
7 backup a small subset of your files every couple of hours, and everything
8 once a day or once a week. Borgend will ensure that only once backup is
9 launched at a time, and queue the other one until the repository is
10 available. If there was an error, such as when you are offline and backup up
11 to a remote ssh location, Borgend will also retry the backup at set shorter intervals.
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6 The lead author is Tuomo Valkonen (<tuomov@iki.fi>). 13 The lead author is Tuomo Valkonen (<tuomov@iki.fi>).
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8 ## Installation 15 ## Installation
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