NAME¶

restic-diff - Show differences between two snapshots

SYNOPSIS¶

restic diff [flags] snapshot-ID snapshot-ID

DESCRIPTION¶

The "diff" command shows differences from the first to the second snapshot. The first characters in each line display what has happened to a particular file or directory:

EXIT STATUS¶

Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any error.

OPTIONS¶

-h, --help[=false] help for diff

--metadata[=false] print changes in metadata

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS¶

--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 repository, this allows some operations on read-only repositories

-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)

--repository-file="" file to read the repository location from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE)

--tls-client-cert="" path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key

-v, --verbose[=0] be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using --verbose=n, max level/times is 3)

SEE ALSO¶

restic(1)