.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic generate`" "" .nh .ad l .SH NAME .PP restic\-backup \- Create a new backup of files and/or directories .SH SYNOPSIS .PP \fBrestic backup [flags] FILE/DIR [FILE/DIR] ...\fP .SH DESCRIPTION .PP The "backup" command creates a new snapshot and saves the files and directories given as the arguments. .SH OPTIONS .PP \fB\-e\fP, \fB\-\-exclude\fP=[] exclude a \fB\fCpattern\fR (can be specified multiple times) .PP \fB\-\-exclude\-caches\fP[=false] excludes cache directories that are marked with a CACHEDIR.TAG file .PP \fB\-\-exclude\-file\fP=[] read exclude patterns from a \fB\fCfile\fR (can be specified multiple times) .PP \fB\-\-exclude\-if\-present\fP=[] 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) .PP \fB\-\-files\-from\fP=[] read the files to backup from file (can be combined with file args/can be specified multiple times) .PP \fB\-f\fP, \fB\-\-force\fP[=false] force re\-reading the target files/directories (overrides the "parent" flag) .PP \fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP[=false] help for backup .PP \fB\-H\fP, \fB\-\-host\fP="" set the \fB\fChostname\fR for the snapshot manually. To prevent an expensive rescan use the "parent" flag .PP \fB\-x\fP, \fB\-\-one\-file\-system\fP[=false] exclude other file systems .PP \fB\-\-parent\fP="" use this parent snapshot (default: last snapshot in the repo that has the same target files/directories) .PP \fB\-\-stdin\fP[=false] read backup from stdin .PP \fB\-\-stdin\-filename\fP="stdin" file name to use when reading from stdin .PP \fB\-\-tag\fP=[] add a \fB\fCtag\fR for the new snapshot (can be specified multiple times) .PP \fB\-\-time\fP="" time of the backup (ex. '2012\-11\-01 22:08:41') (default: now) .PP \fB\-\-with\-atime\fP[=false] store the atime for all files and directories .SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS .PP \fB\-\-cacert\fP=[] \fB\fCfile\fR to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates) .PP \fB\-\-cache\-dir\fP="" set the cache directory. (default: use system default cache directory) .PP \fB\-\-cleanup\-cache\fP[=false] auto remove old cache directories .PP \fB\-\-json\fP[=false] set output mode to JSON for commands that support it .PP \fB\-\-key\-hint\fP="" key ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC\_KEY\_HINT) .PP \fB\-\-limit\-download\fP=0 limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited) .PP \fB\-\-limit\-upload\fP=0 limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited) .PP \fB\-\-no\-cache\fP[=false] do not use a local cache .PP \fB\-\-no\-lock\fP[=false] do not lock the repo, this allows some operations on read\-only repos .PP \fB\-o\fP, \fB\-\-option\fP=[] set extended option (\fB\fCkey=value\fR, can be specified multiple times) .PP \fB\-\-password\-command\fP="" specify a shell command to obtain a password (default: $RESTIC\_PASSWORD\_COMMAND) .PP \fB\-p\fP, \fB\-\-password\-file\fP="" read the repository password from a file (default: $RESTIC\_PASSWORD\_FILE) .PP \fB\-q\fP, \fB\-\-quiet\fP[=false] do not output comprehensive progress report .PP \fB\-r\fP, \fB\-\-repo\fP="" repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC\_REPOSITORY) .PP \fB\-\-tls\-client\-cert\fP="" path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key .PP \fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP[=0] be verbose (specify \-\-verbose multiple times or level \fB\fCn\fR) .SH SEE ALSO .PP \fBrestic(1)\fP