ak backups show

ak backups show

Print the manifest of a single snapshot

Synopsis

What it does: Print the per-file manifest for one snapshot, including sha256 hashes, sizes, and the on-host source paths each file was captured from.

Who it's for: Power devs auditing what would be restored before pulling the trigger.

When to use it: Sanity-check before ak backups restore; debug discrepancies surfaced by verify.

Examples: ak backups show 20260426T123005Z-deadbeef ak backups show 20260426T123005Z-deadbeef --json

What changes on disk: Read-only.

Output modes: pretty default on TTY (colors, ASCII markers) plain auto when stdout piped or --no-interactive json --json (single-object envelope, NDJSON-safe)

Exit codes: 0 success 1 runtime error 2 invalid flags 3 user-cancel (SIGINT, prompt-cancel) 5 snapshot id not found

ak backups show <id> [flags]

Options

  -h, --help             help for show
      --json             Emit machine-readable JSON (implies --no-interactive)
      --no-interactive   Disable interactive prompts (CI-safe)
  -q, --quiet            Suppress non-error output on stderr
  -V, --verbose          Extra diagnostic output on stderr (loses to --quiet)
  -y, --yes              Assume yes for all prompts

SEE ALSO

• ak backups - Manage rollback snapshots