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NAME
restic-restore - Extract the data from a snapshot
SYNOPSIS
restic restore [flags] snapshotID
DESCRIPTION
The "restore" command extracts the data from a snapshot from the reposi-
tory to a directory.
The special snapshotID "latest" can be used to restore the latest snap-
shot in the repository.
To only restore a specific subfolder, you can use the "snapshotID:sub-
folder" 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 ex-
ist. Exit status is 11 if the repository is already locked. Exit sta-
tus is 12 if the password is incorrect.
OPTIONS
--delete[=false] delete files from target directory if they do not
exist in snapshot. Use '--dry-run -vv' to check what would be deleted
--dry-run[=false] do not write any data, just show what would be
done
-e, --exclude=[] exclude a pattern (can be specified multiple
times)
--exclude-file=[] read exclude patterns from a file (can be speci-
fied multiple times)
--exclude-xattr=[] exclude xattr by pattern (can be specified mul-
tiple times)
-h, --help[=false] help for restore
-H, --host=[] only consider snapshots for this host, when snapshot
ID "latest" is given (can be specified multiple times) (default:
$RESTIC_HOST)
--iexclude=[] same as --exclude pattern but ignores the casing of
filenames
--iexclude-file=[] same as --exclude-file but ignores casing of
filenames in patterns
--iinclude=[] same as --include pattern but ignores the casing of
filenames
--iinclude-file=[] same as --include-file but ignores casing of
filenames in patterns
-i, --include=[] include a pattern (can be specified multiple
times)
--include-file=[] read include patterns from a file (can be speci-
fied multiple times)
--include-xattr=[] include xattr by pattern (can be specified mul-
tiple times)
--overwrite=always overwrite behavior, one of (always|if-
changed|if-newer|never)
--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)
--sparse[=false] restore files as sparse
--tag=[] only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,...], when
snapshot ID "latest" is given (can be specified multiple times)
-t, --target="" directory to extract data to
--verify[=false] verify restored files content
OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
--cacert=[] file to load root certificates from (default: use sys-
tem certificates or $RESTIC_CACERT)
--cache-dir="" set the cache directory. (default: use system de-
fault 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 re-
quests
--insecure-no-password[=false] use an empty password for the repos-
itory, must be passed to every restic command (insecure)
--insecure-tls[=false] skip TLS certificate verification when con-
necting 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. (de-
fault: unlimited)
--no-cache[=false] do not use a local cache
--no-extra-verify[=false] skip additional verification of data be-
fore upload (see documentation)
--no-lock[=false] do not lock the repository, this allows some op-
erations 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 pass-
word 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 (de-
fault: $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 us-
ing --verbose=n``, max level/times is 2)
SEE ALSO
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