Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)

FreeBSD Manual Pages

  
 
  

home | help
restic backup(1)						restic backup(1)

NAME
     restic-init - Initialize a new repository

SYNOPSIS
     restic init [flags]

DESCRIPTION
     The "init" command initializes a new repository.

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

OPTIONS
     --copy-chunker-params[=false]	copy chunker parameters  from  the  sec-
     ondary repository (useful with the copy command)

     --from-insecure-no-password[=false]       use  an	empty  password  for the
     source repository (insecure)

     --from-key-hint=""      key ID of key to try decrypting the source  reposi-
     tory first (default: $RESTIC_FROM_KEY_HINT)

     --from-password-command=""       shell command to obtain the source reposi-
     tory password from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_PASSWORD_COMMAND)

     --from-password-file=""	  file to read the  source  repository	password
     from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_PASSWORD_FILE)

     --from-repo=""	  source repository to copy chunker parameters from (de-
     fault: $RESTIC_FROM_REPOSITORY)

     --from-repository-file=""	    file from which to read the  source  reposi-
     tory location to copy chunker parameters from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_REPOS-
     ITORY_FILE)

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

     --repository-version="stable"	 repository  format  version to use, al-
     lowed values are a format version, 'latest' and 'stable'

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|fastest|better|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  reposi-
     tory, must be passed to every restic command (insecure)

     --insecure-tls[=false]	 skip TLS certificate verification when connect-
     ing 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.  (de-
     fault: 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 opera-
     tions on read-only repositories

     -o, --option=[]	  set extended option (key=value, can be specified  mul-
     tiple 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 (de-
     fault: $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 (de-
     fault: $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 re-
     quests

     --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)

Want to link to this manual page? Use this URL:
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=restic-init&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+Ports+15.1.quarterly>

home | help