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Recover data from the repository not referenced by snapshots

Synopsis

restic recover [flags]

Description

The "recover" command builds a new snapshot from all directories it can find in the raw data of the repository which are not referenced in an existing snapshot. It can be used if, for example, a snapshot has been removed by accident with "forget".

Exit Status

Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any error.

Options

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

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 2)

See Also

restic(1)

Referenced By

restic(1).

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