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+#place into ~/.config/borg.config and adapt
+
+BORGHOST="glotze"
+USER="backup"
+REPO="backup"
+BORG_PASSPHRASE=""
+export BORG_PASSPHRASE
+
+MYREPO=${USER}@${BORGHOST}:${REPO}
+
+BORG_EXCLUDE_FILE=""
+
+BORG_EXCLUDE_PATTERN=("/var/cache/*"
+                      "/var/tmp/*"
+                      "/var/log/*"
+                      "/home/*/.cache/*"
+                      "/root/.cache/*"
+                     )
+
+BORG_BACKUP_DIRS=(
+                  "/etc"
+                  "/var"
+                  "/boot"
+                  "/root"
+                  "/home"
+                  "/usr/local"
+                  "/var/lib/libvirt/images"
+                 )
+
+BORG_ARGS="--compression lzma,7"
+
+BORG_PRUNEARG=("--keep-daily=7" "--keep-weekly=4" "--keep-monthly=12")
+
+#only needed if executed as an non-root user AND  in an environment without HOME-variable -> adapt to non-root home.
+#HOME="/root/"
+
+set if backup host has to be woken up
+#MAC=""