restic/doc/man/restic.1

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.TH restic backup(1)Jan 2017
generated by \fB\fCrestic generate\fR

.SH NAME
.PP
restic \- Backup and restore files


.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBrestic [flags]\fP


.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
restic is a backup program which allows saving multiple revisions of files and
directories in an encrypted repository stored on different backends.


.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB\-\-cacert\fP=[]
	\fB\fCfile\fR to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates)

.PP
\fB\-\-cache\-dir\fP=""
	set the cache \fB\fCdirectory\fR\&. (default: use system default cache directory)

.PP
\fB\-\-cleanup\-cache\fP[=false]
	auto remove old cache directories

.PP
\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP[=false]
	help for restic

.PP
\fB\-\-json\fP[=false]
	set output mode to JSON for commands that support it

.PP
\fB\-\-key\-hint\fP=""
	\fB\fCkey\fR ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC\_KEY\_HINT)

.PP
\fB\-\-limit\-download\fP=0
	limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

.PP
\fB\-\-limit\-upload\fP=0
	limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

.PP
\fB\-\-no\-cache\fP[=false]
	do not use a local cache

.PP
\fB\-\-no\-lock\fP[=false]
	do not lock the repo, this allows some operations on read\-only repos

.PP
\fB\-o\fP, \fB\-\-option\fP=[]
	set extended option (\fB\fCkey=value\fR, can be specified multiple times)

.PP
\fB\-\-password\-command\fP=""
	shell \fB\fCcommand\fR to obtain the repository password from (default: $RESTIC\_PASSWORD\_COMMAND)

.PP
\fB\-p\fP, \fB\-\-password\-file\fP=""
	\fB\fCfile\fR to read the repository password from (default: $RESTIC\_PASSWORD\_FILE)

.PP
\fB\-q\fP, \fB\-\-quiet\fP[=false]
	do not output comprehensive progress report

.PP
\fB\-r\fP, \fB\-\-repo\fP=""
	\fB\fCrepository\fR to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC\_REPOSITORY)

.PP
\fB\-\-tls\-client\-cert\fP=""
	path to a \fB\fCfile\fR containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key

.PP
\fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP[=0]
	be verbose (specify \-\-verbose multiple times or level \-\-verbose=\fB\fCn\fR)


.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\fBrestic\-backup(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-cache(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-cat(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-check(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-copy(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-diff(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-dump(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-find(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-forget(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-generate(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-init(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-key(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-list(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-ls(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-migrate(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-mount(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-prune(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-rebuild\-index(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-recover(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-restore(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-self\-update(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-snapshots(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-stats(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-tag(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-unlock(1)\fP, \fBrestic\-version(1)\fP