From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from director.trueband.net ([216.163.120.8] helo=trueband.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Hqr8y-0001qQ-00 for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 09:44:48 -0400 Received: (qmail 30087 invoked by uid 1006); 23 May 2007 13:44:47 -0000 Received: from sberry@northlc.com by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 3.1.4. Clear:SA:0(0.1/100.0):. Processed in 2.153026 secs); 23 May 2007 13:44:47 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=100.0 X-Spam-Level: Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.20) by -v with SMTP; 23 May 2007 13:44:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 15965 invoked from network); 23 May 2007 13:44:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO yellobow) (67.54.156.245) by -v with SMTP; 23 May 2007 13:44:39 -0000 Message-ID: <017801c79d40$7f20eb00$6601a8c0@yellobow> From: "Scott Berry" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <036001c79cd4$c1eaf870$6601a8c0@yellobow> <20070523074613.GG27228@localhost.localdomain> Subject: Re: help with a bash script Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 08:44:27 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 13:44:48 -0000 Well actually Greg this is Fedora fc6 and my father's a beginner so I want to use apt-get instead of yum for him and I find it much easier to read from a windows box or other wise I would agree with you. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:46 AM Subject: Re: help with a bash script > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > There's no point in reinventing the wheel here. What you want to do is > most likely already done by the cron-apt package under debian, and > debian-based distros I imagine as well. > > Greg > > > On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 07:53:12PM -0500, 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@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD4DBQFGU/FF7s9z/XlyUyARAl+wAJYyhj8xYQk31H4ZSq93FqRQ3PXcAJ458A8s > lwlDyktVhlq8SzaablnveA== > =YX2R > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@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 > >