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] snapshotID snapshotID
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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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34       To only compare files in specific subfolders, you can use the ":"  syn‐
35       tax, where "subfolder" is a path within the snapshot.
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EXIT STATUS

40       Exit  status  is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there
41       was any error.
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OPTIONS

46       -h, --help[=false]      help for diff
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OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

54       --cacert=[]      file to load root certificates from (default: use sys‐
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58       --cache-dir=""       set  the cache directory. (default: use system de‐
59       fault cache directory)
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62       --cleanup-cache[=false]      auto remove old cache directories
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65       --compression=auto      compression mode (only available for repository
66       format version 2), one of (auto|off|max) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION)
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70       necting to the repository (insecure)
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77       --key-hint=""       key  ID  of  key  to try decrypting first (default:
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89       --no-cache[=false]      do not use a local cache
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92       --no-lock[=false]      do not lock the repository, this allows some op‐
93       erations on read-only repositories
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96       -o,  --option=[]       set extended option (key=value, can be specified
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100       --pack-size=0      set target pack size in MiB, created pack files  may
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104       --password-command=""      shell command to obtain the repository pass‐
105       word from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND)
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112       -q, --quiet[=false]      do not output comprehensive progress report
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115       -r,  --repo=""       repository  to backup to or restore from (default:
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119       --repository-file=""      file to read  the  repository  location  from
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123       --retry-lock=0s       retry  to  lock  the  repository if it is already
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127       --tls-client-cert=""      path to a file  containing  PEM  encoded  TLS
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131       -v,  --verbose[=0]       be  verbose (specify multiple times or a level
132       using --verbose=n``, max level/times is 2)
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SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

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OPTIONS

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

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