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4.6 KiB
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180 lines
4.6 KiB
Groff
.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic generate`" ""
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.nh
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.ad l
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.SH NAME
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.PP
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restic\-backup \- Create a new backup of files and/or directories
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.PP
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\fBrestic backup [flags] FILE/DIR [FILE/DIR] ...\fP
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The "backup" command creates a new snapshot and saves the files and directories
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given as the arguments.
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.SH EXIT STATUS
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.PP
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Exit status is 0 if the command was successful.
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Exit status is 1 if there was a fatal error (no snapshot created).
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Exit status is 3 if some source data could not be read (incomplete snapshot created).
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.SH OPTIONS
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.PP
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\fB\-e\fP, \fB\-\-exclude\fP=[]
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exclude a \fB\fCpattern\fR (can be specified multiple times)
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.PP
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\fB\-\-exclude\-caches\fP[=false]
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excludes cache directories that are marked with a CACHEDIR.TAG file. See
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\[la]https://bford.info/cachedir/\[ra] for the Cache Directory Tagging Standard
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.PP
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\fB\-\-exclude\-file\fP=[]
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read exclude patterns from a \fB\fCfile\fR (can be specified multiple times)
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\fB\-\-exclude\-if\-present\fP=[]
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takes \fB\fCfilename[:header]\fR, exclude contents of directories containing filename (except filename itself) if header of that file is as provided (can be specified multiple times)
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.PP
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\fB\-\-exclude\-larger\-than\fP=""
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max \fB\fCsize\fR of the files to be backed up (allowed suffixes: k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T)
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.PP
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\fB\-\-files\-from\fP=[]
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read the files to backup from \fB\fCfile\fR (can be combined with file args/can be specified multiple times)
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.PP
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\fB\-f\fP, \fB\-\-force\fP[=false]
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force re\-reading the target files/directories (overrides the "parent" flag)
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.PP
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\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP[=false]
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help for backup
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.PP
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\fB\-H\fP, \fB\-\-host\fP=""
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set the \fB\fChostname\fR for the snapshot manually. To prevent an expensive rescan use the "parent" flag
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.PP
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\fB\-\-iexclude\fP=[]
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same as \-\-exclude \fB\fCpattern\fR but ignores the casing of filenames
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.PP
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\fB\-\-iexclude\-file\fP=[]
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same as \-\-exclude\-file but ignores casing of \fB\fCfile\fRnames in patterns
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\fB\-\-ignore\-inode\fP[=false]
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ignore inode number changes when checking for modified files
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\fB\-x\fP, \fB\-\-one\-file\-system\fP[=false]
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exclude other file systems
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.PP
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\fB\-\-parent\fP=""
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use this parent \fB\fCsnapshot\fR (default: last snapshot in the repo that has the same target files/directories)
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.PP
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\fB\-\-stdin\fP[=false]
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read backup from stdin
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\fB\-\-stdin\-filename\fP="stdin"
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\fB\fCfilename\fR to use when reading from stdin
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.PP
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\fB\-\-tag\fP=[]
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add a \fB\fCtag\fR for the new snapshot (can be specified multiple times)
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.PP
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\fB\-\-time\fP=""
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\fB\fCtime\fR of the backup (ex. '2012\-11\-01 22:08:41') (default: now)
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\fB\-\-with\-atime\fP[=false]
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store the atime for all files and directories
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.SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
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.PP
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\fB\-\-cacert\fP=[]
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\fB\fCfile\fR to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates)
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.PP
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\fB\-\-cache\-dir\fP=""
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set the cache \fB\fCdirectory\fR\&. (default: use system default cache directory)
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\fB\-\-cleanup\-cache\fP[=false]
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auto remove old cache directories
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\fB\-\-json\fP[=false]
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set output mode to JSON for commands that support it
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\fB\-\-key\-hint\fP=""
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\fB\fCkey\fR ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC\_KEY\_HINT)
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.PP
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\fB\-\-limit\-download\fP=0
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limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)
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\fB\-\-limit\-upload\fP=0
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limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)
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\fB\-\-no\-cache\fP[=false]
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do not use a local cache
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\fB\-\-no\-lock\fP[=false]
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do not lock the repository, this allows some operations on read\-only repositories
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.PP
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\fB\-o\fP, \fB\-\-option\fP=[]
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set extended option (\fB\fCkey=value\fR, can be specified multiple times)
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.PP
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\fB\-\-password\-command\fP=""
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shell \fB\fCcommand\fR to obtain the repository password from (default: $RESTIC\_PASSWORD\_COMMAND)
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\fB\-p\fP, \fB\-\-password\-file\fP=""
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\fB\fCfile\fR to read the repository password from (default: $RESTIC\_PASSWORD\_FILE)
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\fB\-q\fP, \fB\-\-quiet\fP[=false]
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do not output comprehensive progress report
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.PP
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\fB\-r\fP, \fB\-\-repo\fP=""
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\fB\fCrepository\fR to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC\_REPOSITORY)
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.PP
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\fB\-\-repository\-file\fP=""
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\fB\fCfile\fR to read the repository location from (default: $RESTIC\_REPOSITORY\_FILE)
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.PP
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\fB\-\-tls\-client\-cert\fP=""
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path to a \fB\fCfile\fR containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key
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.PP
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\fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP[=0]
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be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using \-\-verbose=\fB\fCn\fR, max level/times is 3)
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.PP
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\fBrestic(1)\fP
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