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Re: Cron-ing apt-get update



David Baron wrote:

> Tried to do this, using webmin. Set it up a root at midnight each day.
> Anacron is run daily.
> 
> Has not executed.
to run update from cron just install cron-apt:
apt-get install cron-apt

by default it will not send you any output when update succeeded so you can
add 'apt-show-versions -u' to your cron.

as for the cron not running, whats the output of 'crontab -l' (run by root)?

Bye
--
Haim




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