restic/doc/man/restic-restore.1

.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic generate`" "" 
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.SH NAME
.PP
restic\-restore \- Extract the data from a snapshot


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


.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The "restore" command extracts the data from a snapshot from the repository to
a directory.

.PP
The special snapshot "latest" can be used to restore the latest snapshot in the
repository.


.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB\-e\fP, \fB\-\-exclude\fP=[]
    exclude a \fB\fCpattern\fR (can be specified multiple times)

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

.PP
\fB\-H\fP, \fB\-\-host\fP=""
    only consider snapshots for this host when the snapshot ID is "latest"

.PP
\fB\-i\fP, \fB\-\-include\fP=[]
    include a \fB\fCpattern\fR, exclude everything else (can be specified multiple times)

.PP
\fB\-\-path\fP=[]
    only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) \fB\fCpath\fR for snapshot ID "latest"

.PP
\fB\-\-tag\fP=[]
    only consider snapshots which include this \fB\fCtaglist\fR for snapshot ID "latest"

.PP
\fB\-t\fP, \fB\-\-target\fP=""
    directory to extract data to

.PP
\fB\-\-verify\fP[=false]
    verify restored files content


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

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

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

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

.PP
\fB\-\-key\-hint\fP=""
    key 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=""
    specify a shell command to obtain a password (default: $RESTIC\_PASSWORD\_COMMAND)

.PP
\fB\-p\fP, \fB\-\-password\-file\fP=""
    read the repository password from a file (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=""
    repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC\_REPOSITORY)

.PP
\fB\-\-tls\-client\-cert\fP=""
    path to a file 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 \fB\fCn\fR)


.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\fBrestic(1)\fP