NAME
Timeshift - manual page for Timeshift 26.09.0
DESCRIPTION
Timeshift v26.09.0 by Tony George ([email protected])
Syntax:
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timeshift --check timeshift --create [OPTIONS] timeshift --restore [OPTIONS] timeshift --delete-[all] [OPTIONS] timeshift --list-{snapshots|devices} [OPTIONS]
OPTIONS
List:
- --list[-snapshots]
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List snapshots
- --list-devices
-
List devices
Backup:
- --check
-
Create snapshot if scheduled
- --create
-
Create snapshot (even if not scheduled)
- --comments <string>
-
Set snapshot description
- --tags {O,B,H,D,W,M}
-
Add tags to snapshot (default: O)
Restore:
- --restore
-
Restore snapshot
- --snapshot <name>
-
Specify snapshot to restore
--target[-device] <device> Specify target device
- --grub[-device] <device>
-
Specify device for installing GRUB2 bootloader
- --skip-grub
-
Skip GRUB2 reinstall
Delete:
- --delete
-
Delete snapshot
- --delete-all
-
Delete all snapshots
Global:
--snapshot-device <device> Specify backup device (default: config)
- --yes
-
Answer YES to all confirmation prompts
- --btrfs
-
Switch to BTRFS mode (default: config)
- --rsync
-
Switch to RSYNC mode (default: config)
- --debug
-
Show additional debug messages
- --verbose
-
Show rsync output (default)
- --quiet
-
Hide rsync output
- --scripted
-
Run in non-interactive mode
- --help
-
Show all options
- --version
-
Print version number
EXAMPLES
timeshift --list timeshift --list --snapshot-device /dev/sda1 timeshift --create --comments "after update" --tags D timeshift --restore timeshift --restore --snapshot '2014-10-12_16-29-08' --target /dev/sda1 timeshift --delete --snapshot '2014-10-12_16-29-08' timeshift --delete-all
Notes:
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1) --create will always create a new snapshot 2) --check will create a snapshot only if a scheduled snapshot is due 3) Use --restore without other options to select options interactively 4) UUID can be specified instead of device name 5) Default values will be loaded from app config if options are not specified