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Manual

TIMESHIFT

NAME
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
List:
Backup:
Restore:
Delete:
Global:
EXAMPLES

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NAME

Timeshift - manual page for Timeshift 24.06.6

DESCRIPTION

Timeshift v24.06.6 by Tony George (teejeetech@gmail.com)

Syntax:

timeshift --check timeshift --create [OPTIONS] timeshift --restore [OPTIONS] timeshift --delete-[all] [OPTIONS] timeshift --list- {snapshots|devices} [OPTIONS]

OPTIONS

List:

--list[-snapshots]

List snapshots

--list-devices

List devices

Backup:

--check

Create snapshot if scheduled

--create

Create snapshot (even if not scheduled)

--comments <string>

Set snapshot description

--tags {O,B,H,D,W,M}

Add tags to snapshot (default: O)

Restore:

--restore

Restore snapshot

--snapshot <name>

Specify snapshot to restore

--target[-device] <device> Specify target device

--grub[-device] <device>

Specify device for installing GRUB2 bootloader

--skip-grub

Skip GRUB2 reinstall

Delete:

--delete

Delete snapshot

--delete-all

Delete all snapshots

Global:

	--snapshot-device <device> Specify backup device (default: config)
	--yes

Answer YES to all confirmation prompts

--btrfs

Switch to BTRFS mode (default: config)

--rsync

Switch to RSYNC mode (default: config)

--debug

Show additional debug messages

--verbose

Show rsync output (default)

--quiet

Hide rsync output

--scripted

Run in non-interactive mode

--help

Show all options

--version

Print version number

EXAMPLES

timeshift --list timeshift --list --snapshot-device /dev/sda1 timeshift --create --comments "after update" --tags D timeshift --restore timeshift --restore --snapshot ’2014-10-12_16-29-08’ --target /dev/sda1 timeshift --delete --snapshot ’2014-10-12_16-29-08’ timeshift --delete-all

Notes:

1) --create will always create a new snapshot 2) --check will create a snapshot only if a scheduled snapshot is due 3) Use --restore without other options to select options interactively 4) UUID can be specified instead of device name 5) Default values will be loaded from app config if options are not specified

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