restic backup(1)

NAME

restic-repair-packs - Salvage damaged pack files

SYNOPSIS

restic repair packs [packIDs...] [flags]

DESCRIPTION

WARNING: The CLI for this command is experimental and will likely change in the future!

The "repair packs" command extracts intact blobs from the specified pack files, rebuilds the index to remove the damaged pack files and removes the pack files from the repository.

EXIT STATUS

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

OPTIONS

-h, --help[=false]
    help for packs

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

--cacert=[]
    file to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates or $RESTIC_CACERT)

--cache-dir=""
    set the cache directory. (default: use system default cache directory)

--cleanup-cache[=false]
    auto remove old cache directories

--compression=auto
    compression mode (only available for repository format version 2), one of (auto|off|max) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION)

--insecure-tls[=false]
    skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to the repository (insecure)

--json[=false]
    set output mode to JSON for commands that support it

--key-hint=""
    key ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT)

--limit-download=0
    limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

--limit-upload=0
    limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

--no-cache[=false]
    do not use a local cache

--no-lock[=false]
    do not lock the repository, this allows some operations on read-only repositories

-o, --option=[]
    set extended option (key=value, can be specified multiple times)

--pack-size=0
    set target pack size in MiB, created pack files may be larger (default: $RESTIC_PACK_SIZE)

--password-command=""
    shell command to obtain the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND)

-p, --password-file=""
    file to read the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE)

-q, --quiet[=false]
    do not output comprehensive progress report

-r, --repo=""
    repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY)

--repository-file=""
    file to read the repository location from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE)

--retry-lock=0s
    retry to lock the repository if it is already locked, takes a value like 5m or 2h (default: no retries)

--tls-client-cert=""
    path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key (default: $RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT)

-v, --verbose[=0]
    be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using --verbose=n``, max level/times is 2)

SEE ALSO

restic-repair(1)