---
name: "minit-update"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "minit"
version: "0.10-5"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/minit-update"
---

# minit-update(8)

replace running minit with a new version

## NAME

minit-update - replace running minit with a new version

## SYNOPSIS

**minit-update \[ -v \[ -u \] \]**

## DESCRIPTION

**minit-update** is used to replace a running minit with a new version.

It tries to retrieve the state information about running services from minit, then have minit replace itself with the new version and restore the stored state information.

## USAGE

Unless the -u option is given, minit-update assumes you are running in test mode.

- \-v

  verbose operation

- \-u

  update mode

## AUTHOR

minit was written by Felix von Leitner and can be downloaded from his page at *http://www.fefe.de/minit/*

minit-update was contributed by Florian Westphal.

This manpage was written by Erich Schubert \<erich@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux operating system.

## SEE ALSO

[msvc(8)](/msvc/8.md), [pidfilehack(8)](/pidfilehack/8.md)