restic

Encrypted backups

medium risk

interactive breakdown — edit the command and press Explain

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⚠ Risks & cautions

Keep the repository password safe — without it backups are unreadable.
`forget --prune` deletes data; use --dry-run first.

What it does

Deduplicated encrypted backup tool. See the flags and examples below, and run `man restic` for the full reference.

Examples

restic snapshotsList · explain & risk-check →

restic backup /dataBack up · explain & risk-check →

restic checkVerify · explain & risk-check →

Related

Open the full explainer →More in Disks & Filesystems

Reference text is hand-written and may be incomplete — check man restic for your version. Test destructive commands on a non-production system first.