NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

restic dump [flags] snapshotID file

The "dump" command extracts a single file from a snapshot from the repository and prints its contents to stdout.

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

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

-H, --host=""
only consider snapshots for this host when the snapshot ID is "latest"

--path=[]
only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) path for snapshot ID "latest"

--tag=[]
only consider snapshots which include this taglist for snapshot ID "latest"

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

--cache-dir=""
set the cache directory. (default: use system default cache directory)

--cleanup-cache[=false]
auto remove old cache directories

--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-lock[=false]
do not lock the repo, this allows some operations on read-only repos

-o, --option=[]
set extended option (key=value, can be specified multiple times)

--password-command=""
specify a shell command to obtain a password (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND)

-p, --password-file=""
read the repository password from a file (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)

--tls-client-cert=""
path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key

-v, --verbose[=0]
be verbose (specify --verbose multiple times or level n)