Update Me: self updating Rust executables

update_me provides functionality to implement a self-updating Rust executable.

The executable can update itself by replacing the current executing file with a newer version.

This library only implements the updating mechanism itself, thereby providing full flexibility to implement different release distribution backends.

Example of updating from a file:

```rust use update_me;

pub fn update(path: &String) -> Result<()> { let mut file = File::open(path)?; let mut data: Vec = Vec::new(); file.readtoend(&mut data)?;

update_me::apply(&mut data)?;

Ok(())

}

```

See also

• self_update: provides updaters for updating rust executables in-place from various release distribution backends.