Re: Using crontab to update Debian

1999-03-12 Thread Ben Messinger
> Quoting Shaleh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > On 09-Mar-99 Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > > Hi Debian users, > > > In my country (Brazil) I only have to pay one tax between 0:00 and > > > 6:00 AM independent of call time. > > > I'm start thinking to get my home machine live

Re: Using crontab to update Debian

1999-03-11 Thread Kirk Hogenson
I wrote: >> Here is another, much simpler, and probably better, idea. Stay up >> late one night and start "apt-get dist-upgrade" yourself, and once >> downloading starts, go to sleep. Use cron or at to automatically >> hang up the phone when the expensive rates begin again. (i.e., just >> put

Re: Using crontab to update Debian

1999-03-11 Thread Ryan Yeske
On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 11:43:50PM -0700, John Galt wrote: > > There is a holdover command from Berkely Unix called "yes" used almost > exclusively in scripting--what it does is continuously applies yes^M (the > ^M is a representation of the return key) [wups--apparently it replies > only y now]

Re: Using crontab to update Debian

1999-03-11 Thread Justin Akehurst
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, John Galt wrote: > There is a holdover command from Berkely Unix called "yes" used almost > exclusively in scripting--what it does is continuously applies yes^M (the > ^M is a representation of the return key) [wups--apparently it replies > only y now] while it's active. So w

Re: Using crontab to update Debian

1999-03-11 Thread John Galt
There is a holdover command from Berkely Unix called "yes" used almost exclusively in scripting--what it does is continuously applies yes^M (the ^M is a representation of the return key) [wups--apparently it replies only y now] while it's active. So what your script line would be is yes | apt-get

Re: Using crontab to update Debian

1999-03-10 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Kirk Hogenson wrote: > > > Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > > I know that apt-get -d dist-upgrade ask yes, but how do I pipe to > > > it. I tried apt-get -d dist-upgrade | y and doesnt work: y -> command > > > not found > > > Tha

Re: Using crontab to update Debian

1999-03-10 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Kirk Hogenson wrote: > Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > I know that apt-get -d dist-upgrade ask yes, but how do I pipe to > > it. I tried apt-get -d dist-upgrade | y and doesnt work: y -> command > > not found > > Thanks,Paulo Henrique > > > > > Pipe yes to it. > > I

Re: Using crontab to update Debian

1999-03-10 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Kirk Hogenson wrote: > Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > I know that apt-get -d dist-upgrade ask yes, but how do I pipe to > > it. I tried apt-get -d dist-upgrade | y and doesnt work: y -> command > > not found > > Thanks,Paulo Henrique > > > > >

Re: Using crontab to update Debian

1999-03-10 Thread Kirk Hogenson
Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > I know that apt-get -d dist-upgrade ask yes, but how do I pipe to > it. I tried apt-get -d dist-upgrade | y and doesnt work: y -> command > not found > Thanks,Paulo Henrique > > > Pipe yes to it. I think by "Pipe yes to it", he meant to

Re: Using crontab to update Debian

1999-03-10 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
I put in /etc/cron.daily the following script: [18:42:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$more /etc/cron.daily/upgrade_debian #!/bin/sh # # Para atualizar a Debian de madrugada # update-debian cron daily pon sleep 20 apt-get update apt-get -d dist-upgrade [18:42:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ I know that apt-get

RE: Using crontab to update Debian

1999-03-10 Thread John Galt
Pipe yes to it. On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Shaleh wrote: > > On 09-Mar-99 Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > Hi Debian users, > > In my country (Brazil) I only have to pay one tax between 0:00 and > > 6:00 AM independent of call time. > > I'm start thinking to get my home machine

Re: Using crontab to update Debian

1999-03-10 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
A mirror is much bandwith for me. I didnt test yesterday. I will test tonight when I was at home. Thank you, Paulo Henrique Quoting Shaleh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > On 09-Mar-99 Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > Hi Debian users, > >

RE: Using crontab to update Debian

1999-03-10 Thread Shaleh
On 09-Mar-99 Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > Hi Debian users, > In my country (Brazil) I only have to pay one tax between 0:00 and > 6:00 AM independent of call time. > I'm start thinking to get my home machine live at night and set crontab > to use pon or wvdial (I have two a