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6 restic-restore - Extract the data from a snapshot
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11 restic restore [flags] snapshotID
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16 The "restore" command extracts the data from a snapshot from the repos‐
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20 The special snapshot "latest" can be used to restore the latest snap‐
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36 -h, --help[=false] help for restore
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39 -H, --host=[] only consider snapshots for this host when the snap‐
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43 --iexclude=[] same as --exclude but ignores the casing of file‐
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82 --compression=auto compression mode (only available for repository
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86 --insecure-tls[=false] skip TLS certificate verification when con‐
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94 --key-hint="" key ID of key to try decrypting first (default:
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121 --password-command="" shell command to obtain the repository pass‐
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125 -p, --password-file="" file to read the repository password from
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132 -r, --repo="" repository to backup to or restore from (default:
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