restic/doc/man/restic-forget.1

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.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by \fB\fCrestic generate\fR" ""

.SH NAME
.PP
restic-forget - Remove snapshots from the repository


.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBrestic forget [flags] [snapshot ID] [...]\fP


.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The "forget" command removes snapshots according to a policy. All snapshots are
first divided into groups according to "--group-by", and after that the policy
specified by the "--keep-*" options is applied to each group individually.

.PP
Please note that this command really only deletes the snapshot object in the
repository, which is a reference to data stored there. In order to remove the
unreferenced data after "forget" was run successfully, see the "prune" command.

.PP
Please also read the documentation for "forget" to learn about some important
security considerations.


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


.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB-l\fP, \fB--keep-last\fP=0
	keep the last \fB\fCn\fR snapshots

.PP
\fB-H\fP, \fB--keep-hourly\fP=0
	keep the last \fB\fCn\fR hourly snapshots

.PP
\fB-d\fP, \fB--keep-daily\fP=0
	keep the last \fB\fCn\fR daily snapshots

.PP
\fB-w\fP, \fB--keep-weekly\fP=0
	keep the last \fB\fCn\fR weekly snapshots

.PP
\fB-m\fP, \fB--keep-monthly\fP=0
	keep the last \fB\fCn\fR monthly snapshots

.PP
\fB-y\fP, \fB--keep-yearly\fP=0
	keep the last \fB\fCn\fR yearly snapshots

.PP
\fB--keep-within\fP=
	keep snapshots that are newer than \fB\fCduration\fR (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot

.PP
\fB--keep-within-hourly\fP=
	keep hourly snapshots that are newer than \fB\fCduration\fR (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot

.PP
\fB--keep-within-daily\fP=
	keep daily snapshots that are newer than \fB\fCduration\fR (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot

.PP
\fB--keep-within-weekly\fP=
	keep weekly snapshots that are newer than \fB\fCduration\fR (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot

.PP
\fB--keep-within-monthly\fP=
	keep monthly snapshots that are newer than \fB\fCduration\fR (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot

.PP
\fB--keep-within-yearly\fP=
	keep yearly snapshots that are newer than \fB\fCduration\fR (eg. 1y5m7d2h) relative to the latest snapshot

.PP
\fB--keep-tag\fP=[]
	keep snapshots with this \fB\fCtaglist\fR (can be specified multiple times)

.PP
\fB--host\fP=[]
	only consider snapshots for this \fB\fChost\fR (can be specified multiple times)

.PP
\fB--tag\fP=[]
	only consider snapshots including \fB\fCtag[,tag,...]\fR (can be specified multiple times)

.PP
\fB--path\fP=[]
	only consider snapshots including this (absolute) \fB\fCpath\fR (can be specified multiple times)

.PP
\fB-c\fP, \fB--compact\fP[=false]
	use compact output format

.PP
\fB-g\fP, \fB--group-by\fP="host,paths"
	\fB\fCgroup\fR snapshots by host, paths and/or tags, separated by comma (disable grouping with '')

.PP
\fB-n\fP, \fB--dry-run\fP[=false]
	do not delete anything, just print what would be done

.PP
\fB--prune\fP[=false]
	automatically run the 'prune' command if snapshots have been removed

.PP
\fB--max-unused\fP="5%"
	tolerate given \fB\fClimit\fR of unused data (absolute value in bytes with suffixes k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T, a value in % or the word 'unlimited')

.PP
\fB--max-repack-size\fP=""
	maximum \fB\fCsize\fR to repack (allowed suffixes: k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T)

.PP
\fB--repack-cacheable-only\fP[=false]
	only repack packs which are cacheable

.PP
\fB--repack-small\fP[=false]
	repack pack files below 80% of target pack size

.PP
\fB--repack-uncompressed\fP[=false]
	repack all uncompressed data

.PP
\fB-h\fP, \fB--help\fP[=false]
	help for forget


.SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
.PP
\fB--cacert\fP=[]
	\fB\fCfile\fR to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates)

.PP
\fB--cache-dir\fP=""
	set the cache \fB\fCdirectory\fR\&. (default: use system default cache directory)

.PP
\fB--cleanup-cache\fP[=false]
	auto remove old cache directories

.PP
\fB--compression\fP=auto
	compression mode (only available for repository format version 2), one of (auto|off|max)

.PP
\fB--insecure-tls\fP[=false]
	skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to the repository (insecure)

.PP
\fB--json\fP[=false]
	set output mode to JSON for commands that support it

.PP
\fB--key-hint\fP=""
	\fB\fCkey\fR ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT)

.PP
\fB--limit-download\fP=0
	limits downloads to a maximum \fB\fCrate\fR in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

.PP
\fB--limit-upload\fP=0
	limits uploads to a maximum \fB\fCrate\fR in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

.PP
\fB--no-cache\fP[=false]
	do not use a local cache

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

.PP
\fB-o\fP, \fB--option\fP=[]
	set extended option (\fB\fCkey=value\fR, can be specified multiple times)

.PP
\fB--pack-size\fP=0
	set target pack \fB\fCsize\fR in MiB, created pack files may be larger (default: $RESTIC_PACK_SIZE)

.PP
\fB--password-command\fP=""
	shell \fB\fCcommand\fR to obtain the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND)

.PP
\fB-p\fP, \fB--password-file\fP=""
	\fB\fCfile\fR to read the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE)

.PP
\fB-q\fP, \fB--quiet\fP[=false]
	do not output comprehensive progress report

.PP
\fB-r\fP, \fB--repo\fP=""
	\fB\fCrepository\fR to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY)

.PP
\fB--repository-file\fP=""
	\fB\fCfile\fR to read the repository location from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE)

.PP
\fB--tls-client-cert\fP=""
	path to a \fB\fCfile\fR containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key

.PP
\fB-v\fP, \fB--verbose\fP[=0]
	be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using --verbose=\fB\fCn\fR, max level/times is 2)


.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\fBrestic(1)\fP