How to set a tag name when using resticw?

[agingorange]

Is it possible to set a tag name when using resticw?

[erikw]

Hey,

resticw is a warper around restic, so any command should work. I'm not sure exactly what you mean with tag name? Do you mean to set the tags of a specific backup?

[agingorange]

Exactly that! I tried --tag before_foo but it didn't use that tag.

[erikw]

Could you show the full command that you used?

[agingorange]

sudo resticw -p homes backup --tag new_setup /home

I'm not sure why I have to add the path, as that is defined in homes.env.sh, so I might not be using it correctly.

[erikw]

The intention is that the script restic_backup.sh will do all the backing up. It will set the tags etc. as configured in your profile. The script will use the backup paths you've configured.

See this section in the README. Source the config profile and then run the above script

https://github.com/erikw/restic-automatic-backup-scheduler#5-make-first-backup

[agingorange]

I'll do it that way. Funny thing is, I just tried the --tag again and it worked. Not sure what's happening here, but I must have done it incorrectly previously.