RESTIC-SELF-UPDATE(1)

✨ restic-self-update(1) — the "glow up ur binary" page ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the restic backup(1)</> manual, and specifically the lil corner of it about self-update 💖 yes the manual name is literally restic backup(1) even though we're talking about self-update, that's just how the generated pages roll, iykyk 🙈

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🌸 NAME 🌸

restic-self-update — Update the restic binary 👑

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

restic self-update [flags]

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So the self-update command is giving main character energy: it downloads the latest stable release of restic from GitHub and replaces the currently running binary. Like, it literally swaps itself out mid-glow-up, iconic 💅✨

And after the download, the authenticity of the binary is verified using the GPG signature on the release files 🔐 no sketchy impostor binaries allowed in this house, no cap 🫶

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⭐ EXIT STATUS ⭐

• Exit status is 0 if the command was successful 🥳
• Exit status is 1 if there was any error 😭

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -h, --help[=false] — help for self-update. ur little "wait what does this do" bestie 🫶
• --output="" — Save the downloaded file as filename (default: the running binary itself). so if u don't set this, bestie, it's overwriting the actual binary ur currently running, which is the whole point 💀

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🦋 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🦋

these ones come from the parent command, so they're not exclusive to self-update, they're like the shared group chat rules 💜

• --cacert=[] — file to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates or $RESTIC_CACERT)
• --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|fastest|better|max) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION)
• --http-user-agent="" — set a http user agent for outgoing http requests
• --insecure-no-password[=false] — use an empty password for the repository, must be passed to every restic command (insecure) ⚠️
• --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-extra-verify[=false] — skip additional verification of data before upload (see documentation) 🙈
• --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)
• --retry-lock=0s — retry to lock the repository if it is already locked, takes a value like 5m or 2h (default: no retries)
• --stuck-request-timeout=5m0s — duration after which to retry stuck requests
• --tls-client-cert="" — path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key (default: $RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT)
• -v, --verbose[=0] — be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using --verbose=n, max level/times is 2) 🗣️

bestie pls note those two "insecure" ones are labeled insecure for a reason — they're literally telling u they're insecure, so don't be shocked pikachu when things get spicy 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• restic(1) — go read the main character's page 🫶

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and that's the whole vibe check, bestie ✨ this page was generated by restic generate, and its date stamp is Jan 2017 — yes, the footer has been serving cunt since 2017 and it's still going 💖 mwah, go update ur binary, periodt 💅