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 repository to a directory.

The special snapshot "latest" can be used to restore the latest snapshot in the repository.

EXIT STATUS¶

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

OPTIONS¶

-e, --exclude=[] exclude a pattern (can be specified multiple times)

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

-H, --host=[] only consider snapshots for this host when the snapshot ID is "latest" (can be specified multiple times)

--iexclude=[] same as --exclude but ignores the casing of filenames

--iinclude=[] same as --include but ignores the casing of filenames

-i, --include=[] include a pattern, exclude everything else (can be specified multiple times)

--path=[] only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) path for snapshot ID "latest"

--tag=[] only consider snapshots which include this taglist for snapshot ID "latest"

-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 system certificates)

--cache-dir="" set the cache directory. (default: use system default 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)

--insecure-tls[=false] skip TLS certificate verification when connecting 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. (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)

--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 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)