NAME

       restic-self-update - Update the restic binary

SYNOPSIS

       restic self-update [flags]

DESCRIPTION

       The  command  "self-update"  downloads the latest stable release of restic from GitHub and
       replaces the currently running binary. After download, the authenticity of the  binary  is
       verified using the GPG signature on the release files.

EXIT STATUS

       Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any error.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help[=false]      help for self-update

       --output=""      Save the downloaded file as filename (default: running binary itself)

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

       --cacert=[]      file to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates)

       --cache-dir=""      set the cache directory. (default: use system default cache directory)

       --cleanup-cache[=false]      auto remove old cache directories

       --json[=false]      set output mode to JSON for commands that support it

       --key-hint=""      key ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT)

       --limit-download=0      limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

       --limit-upload=0      limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

       --no-cache[=false]      do not use a local cache

       --no-lock[=false]       do  not  lock the repository, this allows some operations on read-
       only repositories

       -o, --option=[]      set extended option (key=value, can be specified multiple times)

       --password-command=""      shell command to obtain the repository password from  (default:
       $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND)

       -p,   --password-file=""        file  to  read  the  repository  password  from  (default:
       $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE)

       -q, --quiet[=false]      do not output comprehensive progress report

       -r, --repo=""      repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY)

       --repository-file=""       file  to  read   the   repository   location   from   (default:
       $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE)

       --tls-client-cert=""      path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and
       private key

       -v, --verbose[=0]      be verbose (specify multiple times or a  level  using  --verbose=n,
       max level/times is 3)

SEE ALSO

       restic(1)

generated by restic generate                 Jan 2017                            restic backup(1)