NAME

       restic-dump - Print a backed-up file to stdout

SYNOPSIS

       restic dump [flags] snapshotID file

DESCRIPTION

       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.

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

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

EXIT STATUS

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

OPTIONS

       -a, --archive="tar"      set archive format as "tar" or "zip"

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

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

       --path=[]      only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path, when snapshot ID "latest" is given
       (can be specified multiple times)

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

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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