Re: script to do nightly dist-upgrade

[Travis Crump <pretzalz@techhouse.org>]

Ben Thompson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I currently use a script to to a dist upgrades during the night:-
>
> #! /bin/bash
> #
> pon ntl && sleep 35 && apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade -dy && poff && 
> poweroff
>
> The trouble is: sometimes my internet connection times out and apt-get exits 
> with errors, and the poff and poweroff commands never get called. Could 
> someone advise how to modify the script to esure that the last two commands 
> always get called even if apt-get fails?
>
> Thanks, Ben Thompson.

until (pon ntl && sleep 35 && apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade 
-dy); do echo; done; poff && poweroff


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