On 10 Mar 2003 08:13:52 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 07:18, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> > After you install apt-show-versions: > > # apt-get update > > # apt-show-versions |grep upgradeable|sort > > After reading Tim's reply, I should note that apt-show-versions + grep > will only tell you if there are new versions of pkgs you currently have > installed.
tanx that's the thing i'm looking for.
You might be interested in this script I came up with upon reading this thread. I called it apt-show-versions and placed it in /etc/cron.daily (and made it executable via chmod +x).
Perhaps someone in the thread who is more adept at shell scripting will let me know if I'm doing anything wrong with it. :-) (Bear in mind that I haven't actually tested my assumption that any script placed in /etc/cron.daily is run daily, but based on the name I think it's a safe bet.)
I'm going to put it on all of my machines, so that they will alert me when they need upgrading. Note that the apt-show-versions command supports a "-u" switch which eliminates the need for any grepping. I'm also not doing any sorting, but that would be just one more addition in the pipeline.
#!/bin/sh # /etc/cron.daily/apt-show-versions: email alerts when new packages # are available # # 2003-03-10, Shaun Crossley, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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/usr/bin/apt-show-versions -u | /usr/bin/mail -e \
-s "`/bin/hostname`: updated packages available" $ADMINMAIL--
Shaun Crossley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.whatever.ca
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