restic

A backup program that aims to be fast, secure and efficient.

• Initialize a backup repository in the specified local directory:

restic init --repo {path/to/repository}

• Backup a directory to the repository:

restic --repo {path/to/repository} backup {path/to/directory}

• Show backup snapshots currently stored in the repository:

restic --repo {path/to/repository} snapshots

• Restore a specific backup snapshot to a target directory:

restic --repo {path/to/repository} restore {latest|snapshot_id} --target {path/to/target}

• Restore a specific path from a specific backup to a target directory:

restic --repo {path/to/repository} restore {snapshot_id} --target {path/to/target} --include {path/to/restore}

• Clean up the repository and keep only the most recent snapshot of each unique backup:

restic forget --keep-last 1 --prune

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