NAME

       restic-backup - Create a new backup of files and/or directories

SYNOPSIS

       restic backup [flags] [FILE/DIR] ...

DESCRIPTION

       The "backup" command creates a new snapshot and saves the files and directories given as the arguments.

EXIT STATUS

       Exit status is 0 if the command was successful.  Exit status is 1 if there was a fatal error (no snapshot
       created).  Exit status is 3 if some source data could not be read (incomplete snapshot created).

OPTIONS

       -n, --dry-run[=false]      do not upload or write any data, just show what would be done

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

       --exclude-caches[=false]       excludes  cache  directories that are marked with a CACHEDIR.TAG file. See
       https://bford.info/cachedir/ for the Cache Directory Tagging Standard

       --exclude-file=[]      read exclude patterns from a file (can be specified multiple times)

       --exclude-if-present=[]      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)

       --exclude-larger-than=""      max size of the files to be backed up (allowed  suffixes:  k/K,  m/M,  g/G,
       t/T)

       --files-from=[]      read the files to backup from file (can be combined with file args; can be specified
       multiple times)

       --files-from-raw=[]       read  the  files  to  backup  from file (can be combined with file args; can be
       specified multiple times)

       --files-from-verbatim=[]      read the files to backup from file (can be combined with file args; can  be
       specified multiple times)

       -f, --force[=false]      force re-reading the target files/directories (overrides the "parent" flag)

       -g,  --group-by=host,paths       group  snapshots by host, paths and/or tags, separated by comma (disable
       grouping with '')

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

       -H, --host=""      set the hostname for the snapshot manually. To prevent an  expensive  rescan  use  the
       "parent" flag

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

       --iexclude-file=[]      same as --exclude-file but ignores casing of filenames in patterns

       --ignore-ctime[=false]      ignore ctime changes when checking for modified files

       --ignore-inode[=false]      ignore inode number changes when checking for modified files

       --no-scan[=false]      do not run scanner to estimate size of backup

       -x,  --one-file-system[=false]       exclude  other  file  systems, don't cross filesystem boundaries and
       subvolumes

       --parent=""      use this parent snapshot (default: latest snapshot in the group determined by --group-by
       and not newer than the timestamp determined by --time)

       --read-concurrency=0      read n files concurrently (default: $RESTIC_READ_CONCURRENCY or 2)

       --stdin[=false]      read backup from stdin

       --stdin-filename="stdin"      filename to use when reading from stdin

       --tag=[]      add tags for the new snapshot in the format tag[,tag,...] (can be specified multiple times)

       --time=""      time of the backup (ex. '2012-11-01 22:08:41') (default: now)

       --with-atime[=false]      store the atime for all files and directories

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

       --cacert=[]      file to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates or $RESTIC_CACERT)

       --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) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION)

       --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-extra-verify[=false]      skip additional verification of data before upload (see documentation)

       --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)

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

       --tls-client-cert=""       path  to  a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key
       (default: $RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT)

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

SEE ALSO

       restic(1)

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