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Rewrite snapshots to exclude unwanted files
Synopsis
restic rewrite [flags] [snapshotID ...]
Description
The "rewrite" command excludes files from existing snapshots. It creates new snapshots containing the same data as the original ones, but without the files you specify to exclude. All metadata (time, host, tags) will be preserved.
The snapshots to rewrite are specified using the --host, --tag and --path options, or by providing a list of snapshot IDs. Please note that specifying neither any of these options nor a snapshot ID will cause the command to rewrite all snapshots.
The special tag 'rewrite' will be added to the new snapshots to distinguish them from the original ones, unless --forget is used. If the --forget option is used, the original snapshots will instead be directly removed from the repository.
Please note that the --forget option only removes the snapshots and not the actual data stored in the repository. In order to delete the no longer referenced data, use the "prune" command.
Exit Status
Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any error.
Options
-n, --dry-run[=false] do not do anything, just print what would be done
- -e, --exclude=[] exclude a
pattern
(can be specified multiple times)- --exclude-file=[] read exclude patterns from a
file
(can be specified multiple times)
--forget[=false] remove original snapshots after creating new ones
-h, --help[=false] help for rewrite
- -H, --host=[] only consider snapshots for this
host
(can be specified multiple times)- --iexclude=[] same as --exclude
pattern
but ignores the casing of filenames- --iexclude-file=[] same as --exclude-file but ignores casing of
file
names in patterns- --path=[] only consider snapshots including this (absolute)
path
(can be specified multiple times)- --tag=[] only consider snapshots including
tag[,tag,...]
(can be specified multiple times)
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)