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

6       restic - Backup and restore files
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SYNOPSIS

11       restic [flags]
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DESCRIPTION

16       restic is a backup program which allows saving multiple revisions of
17       files and directories in an encrypted repository stored on different
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OPTIONS

23       --cacert=[]
24           file to load root certificates from (default: use system
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29           set the cache directory. (default: use system default cache
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37       -h, --help[=false]
38           help for restic
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46           key ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT)
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SEE ALSO

106       restic-backup(1), restic-cache(1), restic-cat(1), restic-check(1),
107       restic-copy(1), restic-diff(1), restic-dump(1), restic-find(1),
108       restic-forget(1), restic-generate(1), restic-init(1), restic-key(1),
109       restic-list(1), restic-ls(1), restic-migrate(1), restic-mount(1),
110       restic-prune(1), restic-rebuild-index(1), restic-recover(1),
111       restic-restore(1), restic-self-update(1), restic-snapshots(1),
112       restic-stats(1), restic-tag(1), restic-unlock(1), restic-version(1)
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116generated by `restic generate`     Jan 2017                   restic backup(1)