RESTIC-CACHE(1)

💖 restic-cache(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to restic-cache — this is the restic backup(1) manual, and today we're hyperfixating on the cache page specifically. grab a strawberry 🍓 and let's go.

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✨ NAME ✨

restic-cache — operate on local cache directories 🗂️✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

restic cache [flags]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the cache command is literally the ✨cache management era✨ of restic. it lets you list local cache directories and clean them out. that's the whole vibe. no cap.

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💅 EXIT STATUS 💅

• 0 — the command ate and left no crumbs, everything was successful 🎀
• 1 — there was any error 😭

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• --cleanup[=false] — remove old cache directories 🧹✨ bye bestie
• -h, --help[=false] — help for cache 🫶
• --max-age=30 — max age in days for cache directories to be considered old ⏳ (so yes, the default is 30)
• --no-size[=false] — do not output the size of the cache directories 🙈 we're being mysterious today

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🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

these came from the parent command, they're not even this page's own children, they're family 💜

• --cacert=[] — file to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates or $RESTIC_CACERT) 🔐
• --cache-dir="" — set the cache directory. (default: use system default cache directory) 🏠
• --cleanup-cache[=false] — auto remove old cache directories 🧼
• --compression=auto — compression mode (only available for repository format version 2), one of (auto|off|fastest|better|max) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION) 🗜️
• --http-user-agent="" — set a http user agent for outgoing http requests 📡
• --insecure-no-password[=false] — use an empty password for the repository, must be passed to every restic command (insecure) 💀 > bestie this one is literally labeled insecure, it's giving red flag, do not
• --insecure-tls[=false] — skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to the repository (insecure) 🚩 same energy, proceed with caution
• --json[=false] — set output mode to JSON for commands that support it 🤖
• --key-hint="" — key ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT) 🗝️
• --limit-download=0 — limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited) 🐢
• --limit-upload=0 — limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited) 🐌
• --no-cache[=false] — do not use a local cache 🚫🗂️
• --no-extra-verify[=false] — skip additional verification of data before upload (see documentation) 👀
• --no-lock[=false] — do not lock the repository, this allows some operations on read-only repositories 🔓
• -o, --option=[] — set extended option (key=value, can be specified multiple times) 🎛️
• --pack-size=0 — set target pack size in MiB, created pack files may be larger (default: $RESTIC_PACK_SIZE) 📦
• --password-command="" — shell command to obtain the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND) 🐚
• -p, --password-file="" — file to read the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE) 📄
• -q, --quiet[=false] — do not output comprehensive progress report 🤫
• -r, --repo="" — repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY) 🗄️
• --repository-file="" — file to read the repository location from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE) 📁
• --retry-lock=0s — retry to lock the repository if it is already locked, takes a value like 5m or 2h (default: no retries) 🔁
• --stuck-request-timeout=5m0s — duration after which to retry stuck requests ⏱️
• --tls-client-cert="" — path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key (default: $RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT) 🪪
• -v, --verbose[=0] — be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using --verbose=n, max level/times is 2) 🗣️

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• restic(1)

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that fr fr 💅✨ go forth and manage your cache directories, main character 🦋

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