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@ -84,18 +84,24 @@ them, e.g. for the `backup` command:
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The backup command creates a snapshot of a file or directory
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Application Options:
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-r, --repo= Repository directory to backup to/restore from
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--cache-dir= Directory to use as a local cache
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-q, --quiet Do not output comprehensive progress report (false)
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--no-lock Do not lock the repo, this allows some operations on read-only repos. (false)
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-r, --repo= Repository directory to backup to/restore from (/tmp/repo)
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-p, --password-file= Read the repository password from a file
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--cache-dir= Directory to use as a local cache
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-q, --quiet Do not output comprehensive progress report (false)
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--no-lock Do not lock the repo, this allows some operations on read-only repos. (false)
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-o, --option= Specify options in the form 'foo.key=value'
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Help Options:
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-h, --help Show this help message
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-h, --help Show this help message
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[backup command options]
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-p, --parent= use this parent snapshot (default: last snapshot in repo that has the same target)
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-f, --force Force re-reading the target. Overrides the "parent" flag
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-e, --exclude= Exclude a pattern (can be specified multiple times)
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-p, --parent= use this parent snapshot (default: last snapshot in repo that has the same target)
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-f, --force Force re-reading the target. Overrides the "parent" flag
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-e, --exclude= Exclude a pattern (can be specified multiple times)
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--exclude-file= Read exclude-patterns from file
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--stdin read backup data from stdin
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--stdin-filename= file name to use when reading from stdin (stdin)
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--tag= Add a tag (can be specified multiple times)
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Subcommand that support showing progress information such as `backup`, `check` and `prune` will do so unless
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the quiet flag `-q` or `--quiet` is set. When running from a non-interactive console progress reporting will
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@ -216,37 +222,47 @@ with `--stdin-filename`, e.g. like this:
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$ mysqldump [...] | restic -r /tmp/backup backup --stdin --stdin-filename production.sql
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## Tags
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Snapshots can have one or more tags, short strings which add identifying
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information. Just specify the tags for a snapshot with `--tag`:
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$ restic -r /tmp/backup backup --tag projectX ~/shared/work/web
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[...]
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The tags can later be used to keep (or forget) snapshots.
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# List all snapshots
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Now, you can list all the snapshots stored in the repository:
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$ restic -r /tmp/backup snapshots
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enter password for repository:
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ID Date Host Directory
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ID Date Host Tags Directory
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40dc1520 2015-05-08 21:38:30 kasimir /home/user/work
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79766175 2015-05-08 21:40:19 kasimir /home/user/work
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bdbd3439 2015-05-08 21:45:17 luigi /home/art
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590c8fc8 2015-05-08 21:47:38 kazik /srv
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9f0bc19e 2015-05-08 21:46:11 luigi /srv
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40dc1520 2015-05-08 21:38:30 kasimir /home/user/work
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79766175 2015-05-08 21:40:19 kasimir /home/user/work
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bdbd3439 2015-05-08 21:45:17 luigi /home/art
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590c8fc8 2015-05-08 21:47:38 kazik /srv
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9f0bc19e 2015-05-08 21:46:11 luigi /srv
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You can filter the listing by directory path:
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$ restic -r /tmp/backup snapshots --path="/srv"
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enter password for repository:
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ID Date Host Directory
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ID Date Host Tags Directory
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590c8fc8 2015-05-08 21:47:38 kazik /srv
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9f0bc19e 2015-05-08 21:46:11 luigi /srv
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590c8fc8 2015-05-08 21:47:38 kazik /srv
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9f0bc19e 2015-05-08 21:46:11 luigi /srv
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Or filter by host:
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$ restic -r /tmp/backup snapshots --host luigi
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enter password for repository:
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ID Date Host Directory
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ID Date Host Tags Directory
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bdbd3439 2015-05-08 21:45:17 luigi /home/art
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9f0bc19e 2015-05-08 21:46:11 luigi /srv
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bdbd3439 2015-05-08 21:45:17 luigi /home/art
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9f0bc19e 2015-05-08 21:46:11 luigi /srv
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Combining filters is also possible.
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@ -412,13 +428,13 @@ The command `snapshots` can be used to list all snapshots in a repository like t
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$ restic -r /tmp/backup snapshots
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enter password for repository:
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ID Date Host Directory
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ID Date Host Tags Directory
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40dc1520 2015-05-08 21:38:30 kasimir /home/user/work
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79766175 2015-05-08 21:40:19 kasimir /home/user/work
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bdbd3439 2015-05-08 21:45:17 luigi /home/art
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590c8fc8 2015-05-08 21:47:38 kazik /srv
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9f0bc19e 2015-05-08 21:46:11 luigi /srv
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40dc1520 2015-05-08 21:38:30 kasimir /home/user/work
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79766175 2015-05-08 21:40:19 kasimir /home/user/work
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bdbd3439 2015-05-08 21:45:17 luigi /home/art
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590c8fc8 2015-05-08 21:47:38 kazik /srv
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9f0bc19e 2015-05-08 21:46:11 luigi /srv
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In order to remove the snapshot of `/home/art`, use the `forget` command and
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specify the snapshot ID on the command line:
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$ restic -r /tmp/backup snapshots
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enter password for repository:
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ID Date Host Directory
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ID Date Host Tags Directory
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40dc1520 2015-05-08 21:38:30 kasimir /home/user/work
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79766175 2015-05-08 21:40:19 kasimir /home/user/work
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590c8fc8 2015-05-08 21:47:38 kazik /srv
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9f0bc19e 2015-05-08 21:46:11 luigi /srv
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40dc1520 2015-05-08 21:38:30 kasimir /home/user/work
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79766175 2015-05-08 21:40:19 kasimir /home/user/work
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590c8fc8 2015-05-08 21:47:38 kazik /srv
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9f0bc19e 2015-05-08 21:46:11 luigi /srv
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But the data that was referenced by files in this snapshot is still stored in
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the repository. To cleanup unreferenced data, the `prune` command must be run:
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keep the last one for that month.
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* `--keep-yearly n` for the last `n` years which have one or more snapshots, only
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keep the last one for that year.
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* `--keep-tag` keep all snapshots which have all tags specified by this option
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(can be specified multiple times).
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Additionally, you can restrict removing snapshots to those which have a
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particular hostname with the `--hostname` parameter.
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particular hostname with the `--hostname` parameter, or tags with the `--tag`
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option. When multiple tags are specified, only the snapshots which have all the
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tags are considered.
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All the `--keep-*` options above only count hours/days/weeks/months/years which
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have a snapshot, so those without a snapshot are ignored.
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