restic-diff(1)

1restic backup(1)                                              restic backup(1)
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NAME

6       restic-diff - Show differences between two snapshots
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SYNOPSIS

11       restic diff [flags] snapshot-ID snapshot-ID
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DESCRIPTION

16       The "diff" command shows differences from the first to the second snap‐
17       shot. The first characters in each line display what has happened to  a
18       particular file or directory:
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21              • +  The item was added
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23              • -  The item was removed
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25              • U   The  metadata  (access mode, timestamps, ...) for the item
26                was updated
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28              • M  The file's content was modified
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30              • T  The type was changed, e.g. a file was made a symlink
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EXIT STATUS

36       Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero  if  there
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OPTIONS

42       -h, --help[=false]      help for diff
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45       --metadata[=false]      print changes in metadata
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OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

50       --cacert=[]      file to load root certificates from (default: use sys‐
51       tem certificates)
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54       --cache-dir=""      set the cache directory. (default: use  system  de‐
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58       --cleanup-cache[=false]      auto remove old cache directories
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61       --compression=auto      compression mode (only available for repository
62       format version 2), one of (auto|off|max)
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65       --insecure-tls[=false]      skip TLS certificate verification when con‐
66       necting to the repository (insecure)
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69       --json[=false]       set  output mode to JSON for commands that support
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73       --key-hint=""      key ID of key  to  try  decrypting  first  (default:
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77       --limit-download=0       limits  downloads  to a maximum rate in KiB/s.
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85       --no-cache[=false]      do not use a local cache
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88       --no-lock[=false]      do not lock the repository, this allows some op‐
89       erations on read-only repositories
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92       -o, --option=[]      set extended option (key=value, can  be  specified
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96       --pack-size=0       set target pack size in MiB, created pack files may
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100       --password-command=""      shell command to obtain the repository pass‐
101       word from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND)
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104       -p,  --password-file=""       file to read the repository password from
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108       -q, --quiet[=false]      do not output comprehensive progress report
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111       -r, --repo=""      repository to backup to or  restore  from  (default:
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115       --repository-file=""       file  to  read  the repository location from
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119       --tls-client-cert=""      path to a file  containing  PEM  encoded  TLS
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123       -v,  --verbose[=0]       be  verbose (specify multiple times or a level
124       using --verbose=n``, max level/times is 2)
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DESCRIPTION

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OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

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