On 02/25/2013 09:03 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>
> Am 25.02.2013 14:48, schrieb Robert Moskowitz:
>> I have read a couple old threads here on updates for servers, and I am
>> looking for some mechanics to getting the actual updates done. I don't
>> want automatic updates; I want to control when and what gets updated.
>>
>> First I have to determine that a particular server needs updates. I
>> suppose a daily script that would run "yum check-updates' and emails me
>> the results could work, but then I would only want the email IF there
>> was something to update, at my limited use of this option does not show
>> anything to trigger a notify on changes. Does anyone know of a script
>> that would do this?
> /etc/cron.daily:
> #!/bin/bash
> ANG=C; yum -q check-update
I am searching all sorts of combinations to figure out what 'ANG' does.
I keep getting results like "Emmanuel C. Yumang M.D" :)
So please enlighten me.
Checking the exit value seems to be important. I did find
http://wiki.centos.org/YumCheckOrInstallUpdates which I am studying. And
it does not use ANG...
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