Re: apt-get dist-upgrade cron job
On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 06:00, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote:
> ThanhVu Nguyen <txn131@psu.edu> writes:
>
> > 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 ...
>
> apt-get install cron-apt ...
I tried cron-apt and I didn't like it because it wasn't very
configurable. I added a file to /etc/cron.d named apt that runs:\
apt-get update > /dev/null && echo "n" | apt-get -du upgrade
This grabs the latest updated lists (I don't care about seeing the
output, only the errors) then I do an apt-get upgrade with -d (download)
and -u (show me all upgraded packages). This prompts for a Y/n box, so
I echo "n" before I run the command.
This allows me to get an email with only the packages that need to be
installed. In my next version, I'd like to have it only send an email
if there are packages to update.
Jeremy
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