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)