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 1Hqf6W-0002AU-00 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 20:53:28 -0400 Received: (qmail 12805 invoked by uid 1006); 23 May 2007 00:53:27 -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 0.48706 secs); 23 May 2007 00:53:27 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=100.0 X-Spam-Level: Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.9) by -v with SMTP; 23 May 2007 00:53:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 12229 invoked from network); 23 May 2007 00:53:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO yellobow) (67.54.156.245) by -v with SMTP; 23 May 2007 00:53:24 -0000 Message-ID: <036001c79cd4$c1eaf870$6601a8c0@yellobow> From: "Scott Berry" To: Subject: help with a bash script Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 19:53:12 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.9 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 00:53:28 -0000 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