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# restic

> A fast and secure backup program.
> More information: <https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/manual_rest.html#usage-help>.

- Initialize a backup repository in the specified local directory:

`restic init {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/repository}}`

- Backup a directory to the repository:

`restic {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/repository}} backup {{path/to/directory}}`

- Show backup snapshots currently stored in the repository:

`restic {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/repository}} snapshots`

- Restore a specific backup snapshot to a target directory:

`restic {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/repository}} restore {{latest|snapshot_id}} --target {{path/to/target}}`

- Restore a specific path from a specific backup to a target directory:

`restic {{[-r|--repo]}} {{path/to/repository}} restore {{snapshot_id}} --target {{path/to/target}} --include {{path/to/restore}}`

- Clean up the repository and keep only the most recent snapshot of each unique backup:

`restic forget --keep-last 1 --prune`
