RESTIC-REPAIR-INDEX(1)

✨ restic-repair-index(1) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for restic-repair-index 💖 yes the header up top is being a little chaotic (it says restic backup(1), bless), but the page you're actually reading rn is the one and only restic-repair-index(1). let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

restic-repair-index — build a new index, fr fr

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

restic repair index [flags]

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💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

the "repair index" command is giving main character energy: it creates a brand new index based on the pack files chillin' in the repository. that's it, that's the whole vibe. no cap. 🔥

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👑 EXIT STATUS 👑

the exit status is literally the mood ring of the command, so here's the whole chart:

• 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 🔒
• exit status is 12 if the password is incorrect 🙈

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -h, --help[=false] — help for index. classic. iconic. 🫶
• --read-all-packs[=false] — read all pack files to generate a new index from scratch. like, from scratch scratch. 🧚

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🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

these ones are the family heirlooms, passed down from the parent commands. every single one, no skipping bestie:

• --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) ⚠️
• --insecure-tls[=false] — skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to the repository (insecure) ⚠️
• --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-repair(1)

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and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🍽️✨

this little masterpiece was generated by restic generate, dated Jan 2017. ty for reading, mwah 💋🎀🦋