NAME

       restic-diff - Show differences between two snapshots

SYNOPSIS

       restic diff [flags] snapshotID snapshotID

DESCRIPTION

       The  "diff" command shows differences from the first to the second snapshot. The first characters in each
       line display what has happened to a particular file or directory:

              • +  The item was added

              • -  The item was removed

              • U  The metadata (access mode, timestamps, ...) for the item was updated

              • M  The file's content was modified

              • T  The type was changed, e.g. a file was made a symlink

              • ?  Bitrot detected: The file's content has changed but all metadata is the same

       Metadata comparison will likely not work if a backup was created using the '--ignore-inode' or '--ignore-
       ctime' option.

       To only compare files in specific subfolders,  you  can  use  the  "snapshotID:subfolder"  syntax,  where
       "subfolder" is a path within the snapshot.

EXIT STATUS

       Exit status is 0 if the command was successful.  Exit status is 1 if there was any error.  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

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

       --metadata[=false]      print changes in metadata

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)

generated by restic generate                        Jan 2017                                    restic backup(1)