restic/doc/man/restic-tag.1

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

.SH NAME
.PP
restic-tag - Modify tags on snapshots


.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBrestic tag [flags] [snapshotID ...]\fP


.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The "tag" command allows you to modify tags on exiting snapshots.

.PP
You can either set/replace the entire set of tags on a snapshot, or
add tags to/remove tags from the existing set.

.PP
When no snapshotID is given, all snapshots matching the host, tag and path filter criteria are modified.


.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--add\fP=[]
	\fBtags\fR which will be added to the existing tags in the format \fBtag[,tag,...]\fR (can be given multiple times)

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

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

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

.PP
\fB--remove\fP=[]
	\fBtags\fR which will be removed from the existing tags in the format \fBtag[,tag,...]\fR (can be given multiple times)

.PP
\fB--set\fP=[]
	\fBtags\fR which will replace the existing tags in the format \fBtag[,tag,...]\fR (can be given multiple times)

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


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

.PP
\fB--cache-dir\fP=""
	set the cache \fBdirectory\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) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION)

.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=""
	\fBkey\fR ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT)

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

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

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

.PP
\fB--no-extra-verify\fP[=false]
	skip additional verification of data before upload (see documentation)

.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 (\fBkey=value\fR, can be specified multiple times)

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

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

.PP
\fB-p\fP, \fB--password-file\fP=""
	\fBfile\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=""
	\fBrepository\fR to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY)

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

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

.PP
\fB--tls-client-cert\fP=""
	path to a \fBfile\fR containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key (default: $RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT)

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


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