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restic backup

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO

NAME

restic - Backup and restore files

SYNOPSIS

restic [flags]

DESCRIPTION

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/ .

OPTIONS

--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

--http-user-agent =""

set a http user agent for outgoing http requests

--insecure-no-password [=false]

use an empty password for the repository, must be passed to every restic command (insecure)

--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-extra-verify [=false]

skip additional verification of data before upload (see documentation)

--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)

--stuck-request-timeout =5m0s

duration after which to retry stuck requests

--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=nā€˜ā€˜, max level/times is 2)

SEE ALSO

restic-backup(1) , restic-cache(1) , restic-cat(1) , restic-check(1) , restic-copy(1) , restic-diff(1) , restic-dump(1) , restic-features(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-options(1) , restic-prune(1) , restic-recover(1) , restic-repair(1) , restic-restore(1) , restic-rewrite(1) , restic-snapshots(1) , restic-stats(1) , restic-tag(1) , restic-unlock(1) , restic-version(1)