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restic-init - Initialize a new repository
restic init [flags]
The "init" command initializes a new repository.
Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any error.
--copy-chunker-params[=false] copy chunker parameters from the secondary repository (useful with the copy command)
--from-key-hint="" key ID of key to try decrypting the source repository first (default: $RESTIC_FROM_KEY_HINT)
--from-password-command="" shell command to obtain the source repository 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 (default: $RESTIC_FROM_REPOSITORY)
--from-repository-file="" file from which to read the source repository location to copy chunker parameters from (default: $RESTIC_FROM_REPOSITORY_FILE)
-h, --help[=false] help for init
--repository-version="stable" repository format version to use, allowed values are a format version, 'latest' and 'stable'
--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 |