NAME

       restic-dump - Print a backed-up file to stdout

SYNOPSIS

       restic dump [flags] snapshotID file

DESCRIPTION

       The "dump" command extracts files from a snapshot from the repository. If a single file is
       selected, it prints its contents to stdout. Folders are output as a tar (default)  or  zip
       file  containing  the contents of the specified folder.  Pass "/" as file name to dump the
       whole snapshot as an archive file.

       The special snapshotID "latest" can be used to use the latest snapshot in the repository.

       To  include  the  folder  content  at  the  root  of  the  archive,  you   can   use   the
       "snapshotID:subfolder" syntax, where "subfolder" is a path within the snapshot.

EXIT STATUS

       Exit  status is 0 if the command was successful.  Exit status is 1 if there was any error.
       Exit status is 10 if the repository does not exist.  Exit status is 11 if  the  repository
       is already locked.  Exit status is 12 if the password is incorrect.

OPTIONS

       -a, --archive="tar"      set archive format as "tar" or "zip"

       -h, --help[=false]      help for dump

       -H,  --host=[]       only  consider  snapshots for this host, when snapshot ID "latest" is
       given (can be specified multiple times) (default: $RESTIC_HOST)

       --path=[]      only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path,  when  snapshot  ID
       "latest"  is  given (can be specified multiple times, snapshots must include all specified
       paths)

       --tag=[]      only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,...], when snapshot  ID  "latest"
       is given (can be specified multiple times)

       -t, --target=""      write the output to target path

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

       --cacert=[]       file to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates or
       $RESTIC_CACERT)

       --cache-dir=""      set the cache directory. (default: use system default cache directory)

       --cleanup-cache[=false]      auto remove old cache directories

       --compression=auto      compression mode (only available for repository format version 2),
       one of (auto|off|max) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION)

       --http-user-agent=""      set a http user agent for outgoing http requests

       --insecure-no-password[=false]       use  an  empty  password  for the repository, must be
       passed to every restic command (insecure)

       --insecure-tls[=false]      skip TLS  certificate  verification  when  connecting  to  the
       repository (insecure)

       --json[=false]      set output mode to JSON for commands that support it

       --key-hint=""      key ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT)

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

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

       --no-cache[=false]      do not use a local cache

       --no-extra-verify[=false]       skip  additional  verification  of data before upload (see
       documentation)

       --no-lock[=false]      do not lock the repository, this allows some  operations  on  read-
       only repositories

       -o, --option=[]      set extended option (key=value, can be specified multiple times)

       --pack-size=0      set target pack size in MiB, created pack files may be larger (default:
       $RESTIC_PACK_SIZE)

       --password-command=""      shell command to obtain the repository password from  (default:
       $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND)

       -p,   --password-file=""        file  to  read  the  repository  password  from  (default:
       $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE)

       -q, --quiet[=false]      do not output comprehensive progress report

       -r, --repo=""      repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY)

       --repository-file=""       file  to  read   the   repository   location   from   (default:
       $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE)

       --retry-lock=0s       retry  to lock the repository if it is already locked, takes a value
       like 5m or 2h (default: no retries)

       --stuck-request-timeout=5m0s      duration after which to retry stuck requests

       --tls-client-cert=""      path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and
       private key (default: $RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT)

       -v,  --verbose[=0]      be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using --verbose=n``,
       max level/times is 2)

SEE ALSO

       restic(1)

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