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Re: running apt from an at command



apt-get -d -y dselect-upgrade

I use it all the time (not from a cron, though.  56k modems suck)

On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 06:43:13AM -0000, Pollywog wrote:
> I ran 'apt-get -d upgrade' from an 'at' command and just figured out why this
> did not work.  When it is run, apt-get asks if I really want to download, and
> since there is nobody at the keyboard to enter "Y", the command does not
> execute.  Is there a way to enter the "Y" or to have the command execute
> without being asked to confirm?
> 
> thanks
> 
 
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