Peter Cordes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I use this line in /etc/crontab on my woody system:
> 42 6 * * sun root /usr/bin/apt-get update ; /usr/bin/apt-get -q -d -y
> -u dist-upgrade ; /usr/bin/apt-get autoclean
>
I use a similar but much more complicated method to acheive a similar
result. My situation is that I have only a dialup line and
furthermore share the line with three other people.
First, the cron job:
0 3 * * 6-7 /usr/sbin/pppd call providerapt maxconnect 7200
0 2 * * 1-5 /usr/sbin/pppd call providerapt maxconnect 10800
That says to do downloading from 3-5 am on weekends and from 2-5 am on
weeknights. Then, I have in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/providerapt the contents
of /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/provider plus the line
ipparam apt-get
Then finally, in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/local_aptget I have:
#!/bin/sh
#
if echo "$PPP_IPPARAM" | grep 'apt-get'; then
(
http_proxy="http://localhost:80/";
export http_proxy
apt-get -y update
apt-get -y -d -f dselect-upgrade
poff
) > /var/local/apt-get.log 2>&1 &
fi
Actually, that isn't completely correct; I have a local web proxy
(that is, close to the other end of my ppp line, but with a fast
connection to the net) that I like to load with what I'm going to get
before I go and get it, so that makes things a bit more complicated.
I should at some point put all of my local configurations up on a web
page somewhere; I'd done that once, but got busy with other things and
didn't keep it up to date.
