Command reference

This topic lists the restic commands used in these docs. Run restic help for the complete list.

Commands

Command	Purpose
restic init	Create a new repository.
restic backup	Create a snapshot of files and directories.
restic snapshots	List the snapshots in a repository.
restic restore	Restore a snapshot to a target directory.
restic forget	Remove snapshot records, with optional retention rules.
restic prune	Delete data that no snapshot uses.
restic check	Verify the repository structure and optionally its data.

Common flags

Flag	Applies to	Purpose
--repo, -r	All commands	Path or URL of the repository.
--exclude, -e	backup, restore	Skip files that match a pattern.
--target, -t	restore	Directory to restore into.
--keep-last	forget	Keep the given number of most recent snapshots.
--prune	forget	Delete unused data after forgetting snapshots.
--dry-run, -n	backup, forget, prune	Show what would happen without changing anything.
--read-data	check	Read and verify all stored data.