NAME

       restic - Backup and restore files

SYNOPSIS

       restic [flags]

DESCRIPTION

       restic is a backup program which allows saving multiple revisions of files and directories
       in an encrypted repository stored on different backends.

       The full documentation can be found at https://restic.readthedocs.io/ .

OPTIONS

       --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)

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

       --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-backup(1), restic-cache(1), restic-cat(1), restic-check(1), restic-copy(1), restic-
       diff(1), restic-dump(1),  restic-features(1),  restic-find(1),  restic-forget(1),  restic-
       generate(1),   restic-init(1),   restic-key(1),   restic-list(1),   restic-ls(1),  restic-
       migrate(1),  restic-mount(1),   restic-options(1),   restic-prune(1),   restic-recover(1),
       restic-repair(1),   restic-restore(1),   restic-rewrite(1),  restic-snapshots(1),  restic-
       stats(1), restic-tag(1), restic-unlock(1), restic-version(1)

generated by restic generate                 Jan 2017                            restic backup(1)