> I found exactly the same thing - joined here as I've no time
> to check that
> site every hour of the day..
That is why I wrote this script (cron it as often as suits your needs):
#!/bin/sh
####################################
# File: checkupdates
# Author: Reinoud van Leeuwen ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
# $Revision: 1.1 $
# Desc: Check the patches download page to see if it has
# Changed, and mail sombody that new patches might
# have appeared.
#
# $Log: checkupdates,v $
# Revision 1.1 2001/03/06 12:30:16 root
# Initial revision
#
####################################
# change email address to the address of the Cobalt administrator
#
export [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# You will probably have to change nothing from here
#
export TESTDIR=~/checkupdates.dir
export TESTFILE=$TESTDIR/checkupdatepage.keep
export LOG=$TESTDIR/checkupdates.log
export URL=http://pkg.nl.cobalt.com/
export LYNX=/usr/bin/lynx
TMPFILE=`mktemp -q /tmp/$0.XXXXXX`
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "$0: Can't create temp file, exiting..."
exit 1
fi
if [ ! -d $TESTDIR ]; then
mkdir -p $TESTDIR
fi
if [ ! -e $LOG ]
then
touch $LOG
fi
export TIME=`date`
$LYNX -dump $URL > $TMPFILE
if [ -e $TESTFILE ]
then
diff $TMPFILE $TESTFILE > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 1 ]
then
# files different -> web page has changed!
echo "check $URL (brought to you by $0 on `hostname`)" | \
mail -s "new updates available? (Web page $URL has changed)" $EMAIL
echo "$TIME STATUS CHANGED! (mailed to $EMAIL)" >> $LOG
else
echo "$TIME nothing changed" >> $LOG
fi
fi
cp $TMPFILE $TESTFILE
rm $TMPFILE
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