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Initialize a new repository
Synopsis
restic init [flags]
Description
The "init" command initializes a new repository.
Exit Status
Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any error.
Options
--copy-chunker-params[=false] copy chunker parameters from the secondary repository (useful with the copy command)
--from-key-hint="" key ID of key to try decrypting the source repository first (default: $RESTIC_FROM_KEY_HINT)
- --from-password-command="" shell
command
to obtain the source repository password from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_PASSWORD_COMMAND)- --from-password-file=""
file
to read the source repository password from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_PASSWORD_FILE)- --from-repo="" source
repository
to copy chunker parameters from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_REPOSITORY)- --from-repository-file=""
file
from which to read the source repository location to copy chunker parameters from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_REPOSITORY_FILE)
-h, --help[=false] help for init
--repository-version="stable" repository format version to use, allowed values are a format version, 'latest' and 'stable'
Options Inherited from Parent Commands
- --cacert=[]
file
to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates)- --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)
--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)- --tls-client-cert="" path to a
file
containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key- -v, --verbose[=0] be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using --verbose=
n
, max level/times is 3)