Restic Tutorial

List snapshots in (desktop-client) repository

restic -r D:\EK-Backup-01-256G\desktop-client snapshots

repository 79840c43 opened (version 2, compression level auto)
ID        Time                 Host             Tags        Paths
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aecc272b  2023-11-21 13:14:15  DESKTOP-QFEGGRB              C:\bin\hugo-test\elfatih-site
a9222ae7  2023-11-21 13:16:03  DESKTOP-QFEGGRB              C:\bin\hugo-test\elfatih-site
68eb9fe4  2023-11-21 13:16:39  DESKTOP-QFEGGRB              C:\bin\hugo-test\elfatih-site
743333f3  2023-11-21 13:35:01  DESKTOP-QFEGGRB              C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop
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4 snapshots

List snapshots for specific backup (C:\bin\hugo-test\elfatih-site)

restic -r D:\EK-Backup-01-256G\desktop-client snapshots --path="C:\bin\hugo-test\elfatih-site"

repository 79840c43 opened (version 2, compression level auto)
ID        Time                 Host             Tags        Paths
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aecc272b  2023-11-21 13:14:15  DESKTOP-QFEGGRB              C:\bin\hugo-test\elfatih-site
a9222ae7  2023-11-21 13:16:03  DESKTOP-QFEGGRB              C:\bin\hugo-test\elfatih-site
68eb9fe4  2023-11-21 13:16:39  DESKTOP-QFEGGRB              C:\bin\hugo-test\elfatih-site
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3 snapshots

find specific file in snapshot

restic  -r D:\EK-Backup-01-256G\desktop-client find config.toml

repository 79840c43 opened (version 2, compression level auto)
[0:00] 100.00%  7 / 7 index files loaded
Found matching entries in snapshot aecc272b from 2023-11-21 13:14:15
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/config.toml
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/themes/ananke/exampleSite/config.toml
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/themes/blist/exampleSite/config.toml

Found matching entries in snapshot a9222ae7 from 2023-11-21 13:16:03
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/config.toml
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/themes/ananke/exampleSite/config.toml
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/themes/blist/exampleSite/config.toml

Found matching entries in snapshot 68eb9fe4 from 2023-11-21 13:16:39
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/config.toml
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/themes/ananke/exampleSite/config.toml
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/themes/blist/exampleSite/config.toml

Run dry-run before taking other backup snapshot

restic -r D:\EK-Backup-01-256G\desktop-client backup C:\bin\hugo-test\elfatih-site --dry-run -vv | findstr "added"

modified  /C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/config.toml, saved in 0.008s (4.253 KiB added, 1.819 KiB stored)
modified  /C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/content/en/page/, saved in 0.001s (0 B added, 0 B stored, 0 B metadata)
new       /C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/content/en/tutorials/Linux_tips.md, saved in 0.000s (728 B added)
new       /C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/content/en/tutorials/_index.md, saved in 0.011s (48 B added)
modified  /C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/hugo_stats.json, saved in 0.000s (4.825 KiB added, 1.513 KiB stored)
new       /C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/content/en/tutorials/, saved in 0.013s (0 B added, 0 B stored, 1.704 KiB metadata)
modified  /C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/content/en/, saved in 0.024s (0 B added, 0 B stored, 461 B metadata)
modified  /C/, saved in 0.945s (0 B added, 0 B stored, 256 B metadata)

Restore folder (/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site) from (68eb9fe4) snapshot

restic -r D:\EK-Backup-01-256G\desktop-client restore 68eb9fe4 --target c:\temp\restore --path C:\bin\hugo-test\elfatih-site

repository 79840c43 opened (version 2, compression level auto)
[0:00] 100.00%  7 / 7 index files loaded
restoring <Snapshot 68eb9fe4 of [C:\bin\hugo-test\elfatih-site] at 2023-11-21 13:16:39.7632858 +0400 +04 by DESKTOP-QFEGGRB\Administrator@DESKTOP-QFEGGRB> to c:\temp\restore
Summary: Restored 5429 files/dirs (229.574 MiB) in 0:29

find specific file in snapshot

restic  -r D:\EK-Backup-01-256G\desktop-client find config.toml

repository 79840c43 opened (version 2, compression level auto)
[0:00] 100.00%  7 / 7 index files loaded
Found matching entries in snapshot aecc272b from 2023-11-21 13:14:15
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/config.toml
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/themes/ananke/exampleSite/config.toml
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/themes/blist/exampleSite/config.toml

Found matching entries in snapshot a9222ae7 from 2023-11-21 13:16:03
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/config.toml
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/themes/ananke/exampleSite/config.toml
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/themes/blist/exampleSite/config.toml

Found matching entries in snapshot 68eb9fe4 from 2023-11-21 13:16:39
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/config.toml
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/themes/ananke/exampleSite/config.toml
/C/bin/hugo-test/elfatih-site/themes/blist/exampleSite/config.toml