hmm, would autoapt to what you want? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Berry" <sberry@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 5:53 PM Subject: help with a bash script > 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 >