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restic — A fast and secure backup program. More information: <https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/manual_

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Problem

How to use the restic command: A fast and secure backup program. More information: <https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/manual_rest.html#usage-help>.

Solution

restic — A fast and secure backup program. More information: <https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/manual_rest.html#usage-help>.

Initialize a backup repository in the specified local directory:

restic init {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/repository}}

Backup a directory to the repository:

restic {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/repository}} backup {{path/to/directory}}

Show backup snapshots currently stored in the repository:

restic {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/repository}} snapshots

Restore a specific backup snapshot to a target directory:

restic {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/repository}} restore {{latest|snapshot_id}} --target {{path/to/target}}

Restore a specific path from a specific backup to a target directory:

restic {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/repository}} restore {{snapshot_id}} --target {{path/to/target}} --include {{path/to/restore}}

Clean up the repository and keep only the most recent snapshot of each unique backup:

restic forget --keep-last 1 --prune

Code Snippets

Initialize a backup repository in the specified local directory

restic init {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/repository}}

Backup a directory to the repository

restic {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/repository}} backup {{path/to/directory}}

Show backup snapshots currently stored in the repository

restic {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/repository}} snapshots

Restore a specific backup snapshot to a target directory

restic {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/repository}} restore {{latest|snapshot_id}} --target {{path/to/target}}

Restore a specific path from a specific backup to a target directory

restic {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/repository}} restore {{snapshot_id}} --target {{path/to/target}} --include {{path/to/restore}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/restic

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