➜ backups tar xf Automatic_backup_2025.7.2_2025-07-21_05.05_35001489.tar
➜ backups ls -als
total 35512024
4 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jul 21 12:26 .
4 drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Jul 21 10:06 ..
12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12160 Jul 21 05:13 09716aab_tailscale.tar.gz
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1712 Jul 21 05:12 2ad4c73a_mqtt-explorer.tar.gz
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2112 Jul 21 05:13 45df7312_zigbee2mqtt.tar.gz
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2432 Jul 21 05:12 5c53de3b_esphome.tar.gz
1370400 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1403285536 Jul 21 05:12 6dc98927_vscode-remote-ssh.tar.gz
17756004 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18182144000 Jul 21 12:08 Automatic_backup_2025.7.2_2025-07-21_05.05_35001489.tar
17492 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17909600 Jul 21 05:12 a0d7b954_adguard.tar.gz
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2624 Jul 21 05:12 a0d7b954_aircast.tar.gz
302220 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 309469680 Jul 21 05:12 a0d7b954_unifi.tar.gz
10784 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11042512 Jul 21 05:13 a0d7b954_vscode.tar.gz
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2409 Jul 21 05:13 backup.json
8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7789 Jul 21 12:09 borgify-ha-backup.py
72 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69760 Jul 21 05:12 core_mosquitto.tar.gz
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2464 Jul 21 05:13 core_samba.tar.gz
16050812 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16436025568 Jul 21 05:05 homeassistant.tar.gz
8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5024 Jul 21 05:13 media.tar.gz
4176 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4275120 Jul 21 05:13 share.tar.gz
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2544 Jul 21 05:13 ssl.tar.gz
➜ backups tar xf homeassistant.tar.gz
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
➜ backups ./borgify-ha-backup.py -i homeassistant.tar.gz -o decrypted_homeassistant.tar.gz
Encryption key: 4EKL-6CK7-B19I-FEJ8-OBRF-72PY-XNF6
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/config/backups/./borgify-ha-backup.py", line 214, in <module>
main(parse_args())
File "/config/backups/./borgify-ha-backup.py", line 201, in main
with args.input as input, OuterTarConverter(args, input) as outer_tar:
File "/config/backups/./borgify-ha-backup.py", line 166, in __enter__
super().__enter__()
File "/config/backups/./borgify-ha-backup.py", line 132, in __enter__
self._input_tar = tarfile.open(fileobj=self._input_file)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/tarfile.py", line 1669, in open
raise ReadError(f"file could not be opened successfully:\n{error_msgs_summary}")
tarfile.ReadError: file could not be opened successfully:
- method gz: ReadError('not a gzip file')
- method bz2: ReadError('not a bzip2 file')
- method xz: ReadError('not an lzma file')
- method tar: ReadError('invalid header')
➜ backups cat backup.json
{"slug":"c35f3f97","version":2,"name":"Automatic backup 2025.7.2","date":"2025-07-21T03:05:35.010918+00:00","type":"partial","supervisor_version":"2025.07.1","extra":{"instance_id":"bf83f7b481ed439bbc7710c0288faba4","with_automatic_settings":true,"supervisor.backup_request_date":"2025-07-21T05:05:35.001489+02:00"},"protected":true,"crypto":"aes128","docker":{"registries":{}},"repositories":["https://github.com/adamoutler/Addons","https://github.com/allenporter/stream-addons","https://github.com/springfall2008/predbat_addon","https://github.com/jehy/hass-addons","https://github.com/crowdsecurity/home-assistant-addons","https://github.com/springfall2008/appdaemon-predbat","https://github.com/jcwillox/hassio-rclone-backup","https://github.com/brenner-tobias/ha-addons","https://github.com/mietzen/hassio-addons","https://github.com/lmagyar/homeassistant-addon-tailscale","https://github.com/zigbee2mqtt/hassio-zigbee2mqtt","https://github.com/tsightler/ring-mqtt-ha-addon","https://github.com/Akulatraxas/ha-modbusproxy","https://github.com/davidusb-geek/emhass-add-on","https://github.com/music-assistant/home-assistant-addon","https://github.com/hassio-addons/repository","https://github.com/evcc-io/hassio-addon","https://github.com/esphome/home-assistant-addon","https://github.com/koush/scrypted"],"homeassistant":{"version":"2025.7.2","exclude_database":false,"size":0.0},"folders":["share","media","ssl"],"addons":[{"slug":"a0d7b954_adguard","name":"AdGuard Home","version":"5.3.0","size":0.0},{"slug":"a0d7b954_aircast","name":"AirCast","version":"4.2.4","size":0.0},{"slug":"5c53de3b_esphome","name":"ESPHome Device Builder","version":"2025.7.2","size":0.0},{"slug":"2ad4c73a_mqtt-explorer","name":"MQTT Explorer","version":"browser-1.0.1","size":0.0},{"slug":"core_mosquitto","name":"Mosquitto broker","version":"6.5.1","size":0.0},{"slug":"a0d7b954_unifi","name":"UniFi Network Application","version":"4.1.1","size":0.0},{"slug":"6dc98927_vscode-remote-ssh","name":"Visual Studio Code Remote SSH Server","version":"1.0.44","size":0.0},{"slug":"45df7312_zigbee2mqtt","name":"Zigbee2MQTT","version":"2.5.1-1","size":0.0},{"slug":"a0d7b954_vscode","name":"Studio Code Server","version":"5.19.3","size":0.0},{"slug":"core_samba","name":"Samba share","version":"12.5.2","size":0.0},{"slug":"09716aab_tailscale","name":"Tailscale with features","version":"0.25.0.6","size":0.0}],"compressed":true}#
➜ backups tar -xf homeassistant.tar.gz
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
➜ backups ls -als
total 35512028
4 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jul 21 12:28 .
4 drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Jul 21 10:06 ..
12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12160 Jul 21 05:13 09716aab_tailscale.tar.gz
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1712 Jul 21 05:12 2ad4c73a_mqtt-explorer.tar.gz
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2112 Jul 21 05:13 45df7312_zigbee2mqtt.tar.gz
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2432 Jul 21 05:12 5c53de3b_esphome.tar.gz
1370404 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1403285536 Jul 21 05:12 6dc98927_vscode-remote-ssh.tar.gz
17756004 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18182144000 Jul 21 12:08 Automatic_backup_2025.7.2_2025-07-21_05.05_35001489.tar
17492 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17909600 Jul 21 05:12 a0d7b954_adguard.tar.gz
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2624 Jul 21 05:12 a0d7b954_aircast.tar.gz
302220 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 309469680 Jul 21 05:12 a0d7b954_unifi.tar.gz
10784 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11042512 Jul 21 05:13 a0d7b954_vscode.tar.gz
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2409 Jul 21 05:13 backup.json
8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7789 Jul 21 12:09 borgify-ha-backup.py
72 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69760 Jul 21 05:12 core_mosquitto.tar.gz
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2464 Jul 21 05:13 core_samba.tar.gz
0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 21 12:28 decrypted_homeassistant.tar.gz
16050812 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16436025568 Jul 21 05:05 homeassistant.tar.gz
8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5024 Jul 21 05:13 media.tar.gz
4176 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4275120 Jul 21 05:13 share.tar.gz
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2544 Jul 21 05:13 ssl.tar.gz
Also able to uncompress the file though
➜ backups tar xf Automatic_backup_2025.7.2_2025-07-21_05.05_35001489.tar ➜ backups ls -als total 35512024 4 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jul 21 12:26 . 4 drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Jul 21 10:06 .. 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12160 Jul 21 05:13 09716aab_tailscale.tar.gz 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1712 Jul 21 05:12 2ad4c73a_mqtt-explorer.tar.gz 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2112 Jul 21 05:13 45df7312_zigbee2mqtt.tar.gz 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2432 Jul 21 05:12 5c53de3b_esphome.tar.gz 1370400 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1403285536 Jul 21 05:12 6dc98927_vscode-remote-ssh.tar.gz 17756004 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18182144000 Jul 21 12:08 Automatic_backup_2025.7.2_2025-07-21_05.05_35001489.tar 17492 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17909600 Jul 21 05:12 a0d7b954_adguard.tar.gz 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2624 Jul 21 05:12 a0d7b954_aircast.tar.gz 302220 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 309469680 Jul 21 05:12 a0d7b954_unifi.tar.gz 10784 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11042512 Jul 21 05:13 a0d7b954_vscode.tar.gz 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2409 Jul 21 05:13 backup.json 8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7789 Jul 21 12:09 borgify-ha-backup.py 72 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69760 Jul 21 05:12 core_mosquitto.tar.gz 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2464 Jul 21 05:13 core_samba.tar.gz 16050812 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16436025568 Jul 21 05:05 homeassistant.tar.gz 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5024 Jul 21 05:13 media.tar.gz 4176 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4275120 Jul 21 05:13 share.tar.gz 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2544 Jul 21 05:13 ssl.tar.gz ➜ backups tar xf homeassistant.tar.gz gzip: stdin: not in gzip format tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now ➜ backups ./borgify-ha-backup.py -i homeassistant.tar.gz -o decrypted_homeassistant.tar.gz Encryption key: 4EKL-6CK7-B19I-FEJ8-OBRF-72PY-XNF6 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/config/backups/./borgify-ha-backup.py", line 214, in <module> main(parse_args()) File "/config/backups/./borgify-ha-backup.py", line 201, in main with args.input as input, OuterTarConverter(args, input) as outer_tar: File "/config/backups/./borgify-ha-backup.py", line 166, in __enter__ super().__enter__() File "/config/backups/./borgify-ha-backup.py", line 132, in __enter__ self._input_tar = tarfile.open(fileobj=self._input_file) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/tarfile.py", line 1669, in open raise ReadError(f"file could not be opened successfully:\n{error_msgs_summary}") tarfile.ReadError: file could not be opened successfully: - method gz: ReadError('not a gzip file') - method bz2: ReadError('not a bzip2 file') - method xz: ReadError('not an lzma file') - method tar: ReadError('invalid header') ➜ backups cat backup.json {"slug":"c35f3f97","version":2,"name":"Automatic backup 2025.7.2","date":"2025-07-21T03:05:35.010918+00:00","type":"partial","supervisor_version":"2025.07.1","extra":{"instance_id":"bf83f7b481ed439bbc7710c0288faba4","with_automatic_settings":true,"supervisor.backup_request_date":"2025-07-21T05:05:35.001489+02:00"},"protected":true,"crypto":"aes128","docker":{"registries":{}},"repositories":["https://github.com/adamoutler/Addons","https://github.com/allenporter/stream-addons","https://github.com/springfall2008/predbat_addon","https://github.com/jehy/hass-addons","https://github.com/crowdsecurity/home-assistant-addons","https://github.com/springfall2008/appdaemon-predbat","https://github.com/jcwillox/hassio-rclone-backup","https://github.com/brenner-tobias/ha-addons","https://github.com/mietzen/hassio-addons","https://github.com/lmagyar/homeassistant-addon-tailscale","https://github.com/zigbee2mqtt/hassio-zigbee2mqtt","https://github.com/tsightler/ring-mqtt-ha-addon","https://github.com/Akulatraxas/ha-modbusproxy","https://github.com/davidusb-geek/emhass-add-on","https://github.com/music-assistant/home-assistant-addon","https://github.com/hassio-addons/repository","https://github.com/evcc-io/hassio-addon","https://github.com/esphome/home-assistant-addon","https://github.com/koush/scrypted"],"homeassistant":{"version":"2025.7.2","exclude_database":false,"size":0.0},"folders":["share","media","ssl"],"addons":[{"slug":"a0d7b954_adguard","name":"AdGuard Home","version":"5.3.0","size":0.0},{"slug":"a0d7b954_aircast","name":"AirCast","version":"4.2.4","size":0.0},{"slug":"5c53de3b_esphome","name":"ESPHome Device Builder","version":"2025.7.2","size":0.0},{"slug":"2ad4c73a_mqtt-explorer","name":"MQTT Explorer","version":"browser-1.0.1","size":0.0},{"slug":"core_mosquitto","name":"Mosquitto broker","version":"6.5.1","size":0.0},{"slug":"a0d7b954_unifi","name":"UniFi Network Application","version":"4.1.1","size":0.0},{"slug":"6dc98927_vscode-remote-ssh","name":"Visual Studio Code Remote SSH Server","version":"1.0.44","size":0.0},{"slug":"45df7312_zigbee2mqtt","name":"Zigbee2MQTT","version":"2.5.1-1","size":0.0},{"slug":"a0d7b954_vscode","name":"Studio Code Server","version":"5.19.3","size":0.0},{"slug":"core_samba","name":"Samba share","version":"12.5.2","size":0.0},{"slug":"09716aab_tailscale","name":"Tailscale with features","version":"0.25.0.6","size":0.0}],"compressed":true}# ➜ backups tar -xf homeassistant.tar.gz gzip: stdin: not in gzip format tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now ➜ backups ls -als total 35512028 4 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jul 21 12:28 . 4 drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Jul 21 10:06 .. 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12160 Jul 21 05:13 09716aab_tailscale.tar.gz 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1712 Jul 21 05:12 2ad4c73a_mqtt-explorer.tar.gz 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2112 Jul 21 05:13 45df7312_zigbee2mqtt.tar.gz 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2432 Jul 21 05:12 5c53de3b_esphome.tar.gz 1370404 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1403285536 Jul 21 05:12 6dc98927_vscode-remote-ssh.tar.gz 17756004 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18182144000 Jul 21 12:08 Automatic_backup_2025.7.2_2025-07-21_05.05_35001489.tar 17492 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17909600 Jul 21 05:12 a0d7b954_adguard.tar.gz 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2624 Jul 21 05:12 a0d7b954_aircast.tar.gz 302220 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 309469680 Jul 21 05:12 a0d7b954_unifi.tar.gz 10784 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11042512 Jul 21 05:13 a0d7b954_vscode.tar.gz 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2409 Jul 21 05:13 backup.json 8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7789 Jul 21 12:09 borgify-ha-backup.py 72 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69760 Jul 21 05:12 core_mosquitto.tar.gz 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2464 Jul 21 05:13 core_samba.tar.gz 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 21 12:28 decrypted_homeassistant.tar.gz 16050812 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16436025568 Jul 21 05:05 homeassistant.tar.gz 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5024 Jul 21 05:13 media.tar.gz 4176 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4275120 Jul 21 05:13 share.tar.gz 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2544 Jul 21 05:13 ssl.tar.gz