on Tue, May 18, 2004 at 12:01:23PM +0100, Stephen Patterson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, 18 May 2004 10:50:17 +0200, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > Is there a way to disable the dynamic screen updates aptitude uses, > > within cronjobs? > > What are you trying to do with aptitude in cronjobs? If its just updating > your package lists (and I certainly wouldn't do anything else > automatically), you could use 'apt-get update -q'
update and 'aptitude -dy dist-upgrage'. The results of the latter, in particular, differ from 'apt-get'. I pre-fetch my updates overnight and apply them in the morning. 56k line, so it makes an appreciable difference. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Ford had another Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, the drink which has been described as the alcoholic equivalent of a mugging - expensive and bad for the head. - HHGTG
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