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NAME
restic-repair-snapshots - Repair snapshots
SYNOPSIS
restic repair snapshots [flags] [snapshot ID] [...]
DESCRIPTION
The "repair snapshots" command repairs broken snapshots. It scans the
given snapshots and generates new ones with damaged directories and file
contents removed. If the broken snapshots are deleted, a prune run will
be able to clean up the repository.
The command depends on a correct index, thus make sure to run "repair
index" first!
WARNING
Repairing and deleting broken snapshots causes data loss! It will remove
broken directories and modify broken files in the modified snapshots.
If the contents of directories and files are still available, the better
option is to run "backup" which in that case is able to heal existing
snapshots. Only use the "repair snapshots" command if you need to re-
cover an old and broken 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
-n, --dry-run[=false] do not do anything, just print what would be
done
--forget[=false] remove original snapshots after creating new ones
-h, --help[=false] help for snapshots
-H, --host=[] only consider snapshots for this host (can be speci-
fied multiple times) (default: $RESTIC_HOST)
--path=[] only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path
(can be specified multiple times, snapshots must include all specified
paths)
--tag=[] only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,...] (can be
specified multiple times)
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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