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update

Description​

Updates your rl-secure installation to a new version (if available).

Use this command to check for available updates and install them at your convenience.

The self-update feature

Using the update command is entirely optional because rl-secure has the self-update feature. If an update is available, it will be automatically installed the next time you scan a package or run a sync.

If a new version is available, but you want to keep using your current rl-secure version, do not run rl-secure scan or rl-secure sync until you're ready to update.

To access and retrieve updates, you must have a valid, activated rl-secure license. Your license contains credentials for the ReversingLabs cloud services that provide updates to rl-secure.

After the updates are successfully applied, you should use the sync command to re-scan your packages with the new version.

Your data collected by ReversingLabs

To ensure compatibility with the available update versions, ReversingLabs is gathering a limited set of data about your system, jointly referred to as telemetry. For details, review the list of all collected information.

Usage​

rl-secure update [<options>]

Options​

OptionDescription
-h, --helpDisplay usage information and exit.
--check-onlyCheck for new updates without downloading or applying them.

Examples​

Check for updates and install them​

This example requests information about new rl-secure versions from the ReversingLabs cloud services.

If there are any available updates, they are displayed in the output.

rl-secure update --check-only

Note the updates are not automatically installed when the --check-only option is used.

To install the updates, you would need to run the command again without the option.

rl-secure update

After updating rl-secure, confirm that the new version is correctly installed.

rl-secure --version