Re: Using crontab to update Debian

[John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu>]

There is a holdover command from Berkely Unix called "yes" used almost
exclusively in scripting--what it does is continuously applies yes^M (the
^M is a representation of the return key) [wups--apparently it replies
only y now]  while it's active. So what your script line
would be is yes | apt-get -d dist-upgrade,
thus the script can run an interactive program relatively
non-interactively.  The only caveat here is it will ONLY reply yes^M
There is also a command called no for when you wish to reply no to any
input.

On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote:
<snip>
> 
>     I know that apt-get -d dist-upgrade ask yes, but how do I pipe to
> it. I tried apt-get -d dist-upgrade |  y and doesnt work: y -> command
> not found
>     Thanks,        Paulo Henrique
> > Pipe yes to it.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Shaleh wrote:
> 
> >
> > On 09-Mar-99 Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote:
> > >     Hi Debian users,
> > >     In my country (Brazil) I only have to pay one tax between 0:00
> and
> > > 6:00 AM independent of call time.
> > > I'm start thinking to get my home machine live at night and set
> crontab
> > > to use pon or wvdial (I have two account, one with pon and other
> with
> > > wvdial) and use /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/script_to_upgrade.
> > >     Am I following the right path to solution?
> > >     The script will be only:
> > >     #!/bin/bash
> > >     apt-get update
> > >     apt-get dist-upgrade
> > >     ?
> > >     Have a nice day,        Paulo Henrique
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Yes, except for the fact that the install needs you there to hit enter
> a few
> > times.  Apt says "is this correct [Y/n]", "press enter to continue".
> The
> > packages scripts may ask you for info as well.
> >
> > A better solution may be to try and setup a mirror program and just
> grab
> > packages you are interested in (X, libc, dpkg, other essentials).
> >
> 
> 
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Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a
damn.
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