> >I went to the page referenced above and followed all the directions and > >everything seemed to work perfectly. Then I went to the Mandrake Control > >Center Update utility, selected everything I could, and it's currently > >downloading the packages. So, from now on all I have to do is visit that > >Update utility periodically to keep Mandrake updated? Can the > same thing be > >set up for individual applications? What about automatic update > checking so > >I don't have to visit the utility? > > > >- Grant > > > > Type the following commands as root: > > cd /etc/cron.daily > > echo '#!/bin/sh' > urpmi.cron > > echo 'urpmi.update -a' >> urpmi.cron > > echo 'urpmi --auto-select --auto --no-verify-rpms' >> urpmi.cron > > > This will create a file in /etc/cron.daily called urpmi.cron. The file > will then be executed by cron on a daily basis. The contents of the > file will update the hdlists (list of packages on the remote server) and > will then download and install any updates. Like I said, it will do > this once a day.
Awesome, thank you very much. - Grant
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