restic - Man Page

• Initialize a backup repository in the specified local directory: restic init --repo path/to/repository
• Backup a directory to the repository: restic --repo path/to/repository backup path/to/directory
• Show backup snapshots currently stored in the repository: restic --repo path/to/repository snapshots
• Restore a specific backup snapshot to a target directory: restic --repo path/to/repository restore latest|snapshot_id --target path/to/target
• Restore a specific path from a specific backup to a target directory: restic --repo path/to/repository restore snapshot_id --target path/to/target --include path/to/restore
• Clean up the repository and keep only the most recent snapshot of each unique backup: restic forget --keep-last 1 --prune

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restic [flags]

restic is a backup program which allows saving multiple revisions of files and directories in an encrypted repository stored on different backends.

The full documentation can be found at https://restic.readthedocs.io/ .

--cacert=[] file

to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates or $RESTIC_CACERT)

--cache-dir="" set the cache directory

. (default: use system default cache directory)

--cleanup-cache[=false] auto remove old cache directories

--compression=auto compression mode (only available for repository format version 2), one of (auto|off|max) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION)

-h, --help[=false] help for restic

--insecure-tls[=false] skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to the repository (insecure)

--json[=false] set output mode to JSON for commands that support it

--key-hint="" key

ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT)

--limit-download=0 limits downloads to a maximum rate

in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

--limit-upload=0 limits uploads to a maximum rate

in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

--no-cache[=false] do not use a local cache

--no-lock[=false] do not lock the repository, this allows some operations on read-only repositories

-o,  --option=[] set extended option (key=value

, can be specified multiple times)

--pack-size=0 set target pack size

in MiB, created pack files may be larger (default: $RESTIC_PACK_SIZE)

--password-command="" shell command

to obtain the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND)

-p,  --password-file="" file

to read the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE)

-q, --quiet[=false] do not output comprehensive progress report

-r,  --repo="" repository

to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY)

--repository-file="" file

to read the repository location from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE)

--retry-lock=0s retry to lock the repository if it is already locked, takes a value like 5m or 2h (default: no retries)

--tls-client-cert="" path to a file

containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key (default: $RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT)

-v, --verbose[=0] be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using --verbose=n``, max level/times is 2)

restic-backup(1), restic-cache(1), restic-cat(1), restic-check(1), restic-copy(1), restic-diff(1), restic-dump(1), restic-find(1), restic-forget(1), restic-generate(1), restic-init(1), restic-key(1), restic-list(1), restic-ls(1), restic-migrate(1), restic-mount(1), restic-prune(1), restic-recover(1), restic-repair(1), restic-restore(1), restic-rewrite(1), restic-self-update(1), restic-snapshots(1), restic-stats(1), restic-tag(1), restic-unlock(1), restic-version(1)

restic-backup(1), restic-cache(1), restic-cat(1), restic-check(1), restic-copy(1), restic-diff(1), restic-dump(1), restic-find(1), restic-forget(1), restic-generate(1), restic-init(1), restic-key(1), restic-list(1), restic-ls(1), restic-migrate(1), restic-mount(1), restic-prune(1), restic-recover(1), restic-repair(1), restic-restore(1), restic-rewrite(1), restic-self-update(1), restic-snapshots(1), restic-stats(1), restic-tag(1), restic-unlock(1), restic-version(1).