restic-self-update - Man Page

restic self-update [flags]

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

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

--output="" Save the downloaded file as

filename (default: running binary itself)

--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

--compression=auto compression mode (only available for repository format version 2), one of (auto|off|max)

--insecure-tls[=false] skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to the repository (insecure)

--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)

--pack-size=0 set target pack

size in MiB, created pack files may be larger (default: $RESTIC_PACK_SIZE)

--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 2)

restic(1)

restic(1).