Restic implementation in Python

Installation

From pip

pipx install pyrrhic-restic

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Alpha Relase

All commands are compatible with restic implementation:

pyrrhic --repo restic_test_repositories/restic_test_repository cat masterkey

{'encrypt': 'Te0IPiu0wvEtr2+J59McgTrjCp/ynVxC/mmM9mX/t+E=',
 'mac': {'k': 'aSbwRFL8rIOOxL4W+mAW1w==', 'r': 'hQYBDSD/JwpU8XMDIJmAAg=='}}

pyrrhic -r restic_test_repositories/restic_test_repository -p <(echo password) ls latest

/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/cracklib
/usr/share/cracklib/cracklib-small
/usr/share/cracklib/cracklib.magic
/usr/share/cracklib/pw_dict.hwm
/usr/share/cracklib/pw_dict.pwd
/usr/share/cracklib/pw_dict.pwi

Additional features missing in golang restic implementation

• pretty-print all objects
• pyrrhic cat pack SNAPSHOT_ID --header prints parsed header
• Resumable restore
• Progress bar

Why is it called pyrrhic

Needed a name starting with py containing r and ending with ic:

grep ^py.*r.*ic$ /usr/share/dict/cracklib-small

Limitations

• Supports repository format version 2 only (current restic version).