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doc: document aws session token
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@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ parameter like ``-o s3.region="us-east-1"``. If the region is not specified,
the default region is used. Afterwards, the S3 server (at least for AWS,
``s3.amazonaws.com``) will redirect restic to the correct endpoint.
When using temporary credentials make sure to include the session token via
then environment variable ``AWS_SESSION_TOKEN``.
Until version 0.8.0, restic used a default prefix of ``restic``, so the files
in the bucket were placed in a directory named ``restic``. If you want to
access a repository created with an older version of restic, specify the path

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@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ environment variables. The following lists these environment variables:
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID Amazon S3 access key ID
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY Amazon S3 secret access key
AWS_SESSION_TOKEN Amazon S3 temporary session token
AWS_DEFAULT_REGION Amazon S3 default region
AWS_PROFILE Amazon credentials profile (alternative to specifying key and region)
AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE Location of the AWS CLI shared credentials file (default: ~/.aws/credentials)