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Re: apt-get dist-upgrade cron job



On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 04:11:42AM -0500, ThanhVu Nguyen wrote:
> Hello, how do I set up a cron job that runs "apt-get update; apt-get
> dist-upgrade -yu" at 6 AM everyday and have all the upgraded result sent
> to me ?  I already have exim setup to send mail , I just don't know how
> to write the cron job and use cron ... 

I don't think automatic upgrades are a very good idea.  Maybe pass apt
the '-d' flag to tell it to just download the packages?

-rob

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