On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Kirk Hogenson wrote: > Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > I know that apt-get -d dist-upgrade ask yes, but how do I pipe to > > it. I tried apt-get -d dist-upgrade | y and doesnt work: y -> command > > not found > > Thanks, Paulo Henrique > > > > > Pipe yes to it. > > I think by "Pipe yes to it", he meant to use the "yes" program, > which just prints "y\n" over & over & over .... > > Like this: > > yes | apt-get -d dist-upgrade > > Of course, this will only work if all of the questions apt-get asks > require the answer "y". But this may not be the case, since, > according to Shaleh:
Erm, apt-get -yfqq update apt-get -dyfqq dist-upgrade Is the best way to run it from cron, run it again without the options during the day to install it Jason