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newer modification time (mtime).
* ``--overwrite never``: never overwrite existing files.
Delete files not in snapshot
----------------------------
When restoring into a directory that already contains files, it can be useful to remove all
files that do not exist in the snapshot. For this, pass the ``--delete`` option to the ``restore``
command. The command will then **delete all files** from the target directory that do not
exist in the snapshot.
The ``--delete`` option also allows overwriting a non-empty directory if the snapshot contains a
file with the same name.
.. warning::
Always use the ``--dry-run -vv`` option to verify what would be deleted before running the actual
command.
When specifying ``--include`` or ``--exclude`` options, only files or directories matched by those
options will be deleted. For example, the command
``restic -r /srv/restic-repo restore 79766175:/work --target /tmp/restore-work --include /foo --delete``
would only delete files within ``/tmp/restore-work/foo``.
Dry run
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