On 21 February 2012 18:36, Felix Kuperjans <fe...@desaster-games.com> wrote: > Hi Hilco, > > answers and suggestions inline. > > Am 22.02.2012 03:03, schrieb Hilco Wijbenga: >> Hi all, >> >> Every morning I start konsole, type "emerge --sync", and then go do >> other stuff. Some time later I look at the output and usually run >> "emerge ... world". I would like to automate that a bit more. > Just a suggestion: Do you know the porticron script? Combined with a > proper setup of ssmtp, it will sync you portage tree daily (in the > background) and send you an email with all updates, and important > security notes.
Thanks, no I did not know about this script. I checked it out but I prefer to kick the sync off myself (syncing really slows down the computer). Besides, I have my own little script that does everything the way I want it. :-) >> I can use kpart to start konsole on a particular desktop so that's >> easy. What I can't seem to get working is the "$SHELL --login" + >> "emerge --sync" part. >> >> If I run "konsole --noclose -e emerge --sync" then I get the output I >> want but I don't get a prompt. If I run "konsole -e $SHELL --login" >> then I get the prompt but, obviously, no emerge output. >> >> How can I combine these two? I would like konsole to run emerge --sync >> and then leave a prompt open. Just like what would happen if I did it >> all manually. Any ideas? > I don't use konsole, but try out: konsole -e $SHELL -c "emerge --sync && > $SHELL --login" Ah, the secret sauce is the quotes. Google had told me not to use quotes. I must have misunderstood. Still, I thought I had tried something like that. Thanks!
