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2Timeshift v19.08 by Tony George (teejeetech@gmail.com)
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4Syntax:
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6  timeshift ‐‐check
7  timeshift ‐‐create [OPTIONS]
8  timeshift ‐‐restore [OPTIONS]
9  timeshift ‐‐delete‐[all] [OPTIONS]
10  timeshift ‐‐list‐{snapshots|devices} [OPTIONS]
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12Options:
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14List:
15  ‐‐list[‐snapshots]         List snapshots
16  ‐‐list‐devices             List devices
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18Backup:
19  ‐‐check                    Create snapshot if scheduled
20  ‐‐create                    Create snapshot (even if not sched‐
21uled)
22  ‐‐comments <string>        Set snapshot description
23  ‐‐tags {O,B,H,D,W,M}       Add tags to snapshot (default: O)
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25Restore:
26  ‐‐restore                  Restore snapshot
27  ‐‐clone                    Clone current system
28  ‐‐snapshot <name>          Specify snapshot to restore
29  ‐‐target[‐device] <device> Specify target device
30  ‐‐grub[‐device] <device>   Specify device for installing  GRUB2
31bootloader
32  ‐‐skip‐grub                Skip GRUB2 reinstall
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34Delete:
35  ‐‐delete                   Delete snapshot
36  ‐‐delete‐all               Delete all snapshots
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38Global:
39  ‐‐snapshot‐device <device> Specify backup device (default: con‐
40fig)
41  ‐‐yes                       Answer  YES  to  all   confirmation
42prompts
43  ‐‐btrfs                     Switch to BTRFS mode (default: con‐
44fig)
45  ‐‐rsync                    Switch to RSYNC mode (default:  con‐
46fig)
47  ‐‐debug                    Show additional debug messages
48  ‐‐verbose                  Show rsync output (default)
49  ‐‐quiet                    Hide rsync output
50  ‐‐scripted                 Run in non‐interactive mode
51  ‐‐help                     Show all options
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53Examples:
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55timeshift  ‐‐list  timeshift  ‐‐list  ‐‐snapshot‐device /dev/sda1
56timeshift ‐‐create ‐‐comments "after update" ‐‐tags  D  timeshift
57‐‐restore  timeshift  ‐‐restore  ‐‐snapshot ’2014‐10‐12_16‐29‐08’
58‐‐target     /dev/sda1     timeshift     ‐‐delete      ‐‐snapshot
59’2014‐10‐12_16‐29‐08’ timeshift ‐‐delete‐all
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63  1) ‐‐create will always create a new snapshot
64  2)  ‐‐check will create a snapshot only if a scheduled snapshot
65is due
66  3) Use ‐‐restore without other options to select options inter‐
67actively
68  4) UUID can be specified instead of device name
69  5) Default values will be loaded from app config if options are
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