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restic-dump - Print a backed-up file to stdout
restic dump [flags] snapshotID file
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 snapshot "latest" can be used to use the latest snapshot in the repository.
Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any error.
-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 the snapshot ID is "latest" (can be specified multiple times)
--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
--compression=auto compression mode (only available for repository format version 2), one of (auto|off|max)
--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-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)
--tls-client-cert="" path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key
-v, --verbose[=0] be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using --verbose=n, max level/times is 3)
| Jan 2017 | generated by restic generate |