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#1 Re: A short introduction to cron-apt Posted by Anonymous (81.175.xx.xx) on Wed 15 Jun 2005 at 12:16 I use this homebrew shell-script, it only mails if there is anything new: #!/bin/bash # # Cron Script - run from /etc/crontab or /etc/cron.daily # # Runs "apt-get update" and prints the output of a simulated # dist-upgrade if new packages are found. if [[ `apt-get update 2>&1 | grep Get` ]]; then if [[ `apt-get --simulate dist-upgrade 2>&1 | grep Inst` ]]; then apt-get --simulate dist-upgrade fi fi It can also be found on my website. Cheers! Mattias
#!/bin/bash # # Cron Script - run from /etc/crontab or /etc/cron.daily # # Runs "apt-get update" and prints the output of a simulated # dist-upgrade if new packages are found. if [[ `apt-get update 2>&1 | grep Get` ]]; then if [[ `apt-get --simulate dist-upgrade 2>&1 | grep Inst` ]]; then apt-get --simulate dist-upgrade fi fi
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