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).  Exit
       status is 10 if the repository does not exist.  Exit status is 11 if the repository  is  already  locked.
       Exit status is 12 if the password is incorrect.

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 source 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  (default:  $RESTIC_HOST).  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 and ctime 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)

       --skip-if-unchanged[=false]      skip snapshot creation if identical to parent snapshot

       --stdin[=false]      read backup from stdin

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

       --stdin-from-command[=false]      interpret arguments as command to execute and store its stdout

       --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)

       --http-user-agent=""      set a http user agent for outgoing http requests

       --insecure-no-password[=false]       use  an  empty  password for the repository, must be passed to every
       restic command (insecure)

       --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)

       --stuck-request-timeout=5m0s      duration after which to retry stuck requests

       --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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