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

.SH NAME
.PP
restic-repair-snapshots - Repair snapshots


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


.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The "repair snapshots" command repairs broken snapshots. It scans the given
snapshots and generates new ones with damaged directories and file contents
removed. If the broken snapshots are deleted, a prune run will be able to
clean up the repository.

.PP
The command depends on a correct index, thus make sure to run "repair index"
first!


.SH WARNING
.PP
Repairing and deleting broken snapshots causes data loss! It will remove broken
directories and modify broken files in the modified snapshots.

.PP
If the contents of directories and files are still available, the better option
is to run "backup" which in that case is able to heal existing snapshots. Only
use the "repair snapshots" command if you need to recover an old and broken
snapshot!


.SH EXIT STATUS
.PP
Exit status is 0 if the command was successful.
Exit status is 1 if there was any error.
Exit status is 10 if the repository does not exist.
Exit status is 11 if the repository is already locked.


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

.PP
\fB--forget\fP[=false]
	remove original snapshots after creating new ones

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

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

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

.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--http-user-agent\fP=""
	set a http user agent for outgoing http requests

.PP
\fB--insecure-no-password\fP[=false]
	use an empty password for the repository, must be passed to every restic command (insecure)

.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-repair(1)\fP