Hi Travis, Can you please be just a little bit more specific please. Okay so are you telling me that I would put in my script apt-get update then /usr/bin/more apt-get dist-upgrade /usr/bin/more aptget clean End of Script? Just not quite clear what you are trying to get me to do. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Siegel" <tsiegel@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:06 PM Subject: Re: help with a bash script > You can just about anything you like in a cron job. if it can run in > a script, it can run as a job. > Secondly, just run the program (use the whole path and don't rely on > the parcer of the interpreter to find it for you. I.E. /usr/bin/more > instead of just more. > This prevents hackers from overriding the programs being executed. > Also, when you put it in a cron job, the output of the job will be > emailed to root (unless you specify otherwise) so you'll know if it > worked or not. > But, most programs (and I'm sure appget is amoung them) have an error > code to determine if they exited successfully or not. > Simply test for the code after the program ends if you really need to > know, but it shouldn't matter, since you can view the output of the > job if so desired. > > > On May 22, 2007, at 8:53 PM, Scott Berry wrote: > >> Hello guys and gals, >> >> One more question here. I want to create a bas script for my Dad >> which does the following: >> 1 Does apt-get update and when apt-get update gets done it knows >> that it has been completed successfully. >> 2. Do apt-get dist-upgrade and knows when it gets done. >> 3. Do an apt-get clean. >> Also for those who have more experience than me I have a question >> too. Is it wiser for me to run that in a shell console of it's own >> or just have him run that under gnome terminal. My goal at the >> very end is to cron this so this can run at night for him. >> >> Scottat updates can be >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.6/814 - Release Date: 5/21/2007 > 2:01 PM > >
