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.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by \fBrestic generate\fR" ""

.SH NAME
.PP
restic-dump - Print a backed-up file to stdout


.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBrestic dump [flags] snapshotID file\fP


.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The "dump" command extracts files from a snapshot from the repository. If a
single file is selected, it prints its contents to stdout. Folders are output
as a tar (default) or zip file containing the contents of the specified folder.
Pass "/" as file name to dump the whole snapshot as an archive file.

.PP
The special snapshotID "latest" can be used to use the latest snapshot in the
repository.

.PP
To include the folder content at the root of the archive, you can use the
":" syntax, where "subfolder" is a path within the
snapshot.


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


.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB-a\fP, \fB--archive\fP="tar"
	set archive \fBformat\fR as "tar" or "zip"

.PP
\fB-h\fP, \fB--help\fP[=false]
	help for dump

.PP
\fB-H\fP, \fB--host\fP=[]
	only consider snapshots for this \fBhost\fR, when snapshot ID "latest" is given (can be specified multiple times)

.PP
\fB--path\fP=[]
	only consider snapshots including this (absolute) \fBpath\fR, when snapshot ID "latest" is given (can be specified multiple times)

.PP
\fB--tag\fP=[]
	only consider snapshots including \fBtag[,tag,...]\fR, when snapshot ID "latest" is given (can be specified multiple times)


.SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
.PP
\fB--cacert\fP=[]
	\fBfile\fR to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates or $RESTIC_CACERT)

.PP
\fB--cache-dir\fP=""
	set the cache \fBdirectory\fR\&. (default: use system default cache directory)

.PP
\fB--cleanup-cache\fP[=false]
	auto remove old cache directories

.PP
\fB--compression\fP=auto
	compression mode (only available for repository format version 2), one of (auto|off|max) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION)

.PP
\fB--insecure-tls\fP[=false]
	skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to the repository (insecure)

.PP
\fB--json\fP[=false]
	set output mode to JSON for commands that support it

.PP
\fB--key-hint\fP=""
	\fBkey\fR ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT)

.PP
\fB--limit-download\fP=0
	limits downloads to a maximum \fBrate\fR in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

.PP
\fB--limit-upload\fP=0
	limits uploads to a maximum \fBrate\fR in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

.PP
\fB--no-cache\fP[=false]
	do not use a local cache

.PP
\fB--no-extra-verify\fP[=false]
	skip additional verification of data before upload (see documentation)

.PP
\fB--no-lock\fP[=false]
	do not lock the repository, this allows some operations on read-only repositories

.PP
\fB-o\fP, \fB--option\fP=[]
	set extended option (\fBkey=value\fR, can be specified multiple times)

.PP
\fB--pack-size\fP=0
	set target pack \fBsize\fR in MiB, created pack files may be larger (default: $RESTIC_PACK_SIZE)

.PP
\fB--password-command\fP=""
	shell \fBcommand\fR to obtain the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND)

.PP
\fB-p\fP, \fB--password-file\fP=""
	\fBfile\fR to read the repository password from (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=""
	\fBrepository\fR to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY)

.PP
\fB--repository-file\fP=""
	\fBfile\fR to read the repository location from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE)

.PP
\fB--retry-lock\fP=0s
	retry to lock the repository if it is already locked, takes a value like 5m or 2h (default: no retries)

.PP
\fB--tls-client-cert\fP=""
	path to a \fBfile\fR containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key (default: $RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT)

.PP
\fB-v\fP, \fB--verbose\fP[=0]
	be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using --verbose=n``, max level/times is 2)


.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\fBrestic(1)\fP