restic-backup - Create a new backup of files and/or directories
restic backup [flags] FILE/DIR [FILE/DIR] ...
The "backup" command creates a new snapshot and saves the files and directories given as the arguments.
Exit status is 0 if the command was successful. Exit status is 1 if there was a fatal error (no snapshot created). Exit status is 3 if some source data could not be read (incomplete snapshot created).
-e, --exclude=[]
exclude a pattern (can be specified multiple times)
--exclude-caches[=false]
excludes cache directories that are marked with a CACHEDIR.TAG file. See https://bford.info/cachedir/ for the Cache Directory Tagging Standard
--exclude-file=[]
read exclude patterns from a file (can be specified multiple times)
--exclude-if-present=[]
takes filename[:header], exclude contents of directories containing filename (except filename itself) if header of that file is as provided (can be specified multiple times)
--exclude-larger-than=""
max size of the files to be backed up (allowed suffixes: k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T)
--files-from=[]
read the files to backup from file (can be combined with file args/can be specified multiple times)
-f, --force[=false]
force re-reading the target files/directories (overrides the "parent" flag)
-h, --help[=false]
help for backup
-H, --host=""
set the hostname for the snapshot manually. To prevent an expensive rescan use the "parent" flag
--iexclude=[]
same as --exclude pattern but ignores the casing of filenames
--iexclude-file=[]
same as --exclude-file but ignores casing of filenames in patterns
--ignore-inode[=false]
ignore inode number changes when checking for modified files
-x, --one-file-system[=false]
exclude other file systems
--parent=""
use this parent snapshot (default: last snapshot in the repo that has the same target files/directories)
--stdin[=false]
read backup from stdin
--stdin-filename="stdin"
filename to use when reading from stdin
--tag=[]
add a tag for the new snapshot (can be specified multiple times)
--time=""
time of the backup (ex. '2012-11-01 22:08:41') (default: now)
--with-atime[=false]
store the atime for all files and directories
--cacert=[]
file to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates)
--cache-dir=""
set the cache directory. (default: use system default cache directory)
--cleanup-cache[=false]
auto remove old cache directories
--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-lock[=false]
do not lock the repo, this allows some operations on read-only repos
-o, --option=[]
set extended option (key=value, can be specified multiple times)
--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)
--tls-client-cert=""
path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key
-v, --verbose[=0]
be verbose (specify --verbose multiple times or level --verbose=n)
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