CLI
General

⚙️ General

-c, --config

Specify the config file to be used. If omitted crestic will search for a crestic.yaml in the current directory, your home folder and your config folder:

  • ./crestic.yaml
  • ~/crestic.yaml
  • ~/.crestic/crestic.yaml
  • ~/.config/crestic/crestic.yaml
crestic -c /path/to/my/config.yaml backup --all

--log-level

Set the log level. Available levels: debug, info, warn, error (default: info).

crestic --log-level debug backup --all

--ci

Output logs as plain text without colors. Useful for CI pipelines and log collectors.

Log level is unchanged — use --log-level if you need more verbose output.

crestic --ci backup --all

--print-commands

Print executed shell commands. Useful for debugging.

crestic --print-commands backup --all
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