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6 restic-init - Initialize a new repository
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11 restic init [flags]
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16 The "init" command initializes a new repository.
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21 Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there
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27 --copy-chunker-params[=false]
28 copy chunker parameters from the secondary repository (useful with
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37 key ID of key to try decrypting the secondary repository first
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42 shell command to obtain the secondary repository password from
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47 file to read the secondary repository password from (default:
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59 file to load root certificates from (default: use system
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77 key ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT)
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102 shell command to obtain the repository password from (default:
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116 repository to backup to or restore from (default:
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121 file to read the repository location from (default:
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141generated by `restic generate` Jan 2017 restic backup(1)