Wed, 10 Oct 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if there is a way to configure my systems to notify me
> that there is new software available to install when i log in. Problem
> is I don't use a gui (kde, gnome, etc), I just have the command line
> available to me is there a daemon or something available for people
> who don't use a gui like me?
USER=root
zypper ref 2>&1 >/dev/null
wait
TOPATCH=$(zypper pchk |tail -1)
wait
PATCHES=$(echo $TOPATCH|cut -d' ' -f1)
case $PATCHES in
"0")
/bin/mail -s "No worries, mate!" $USER </dev/null
;;
*)
/bin/mail -s "$TOPATCH" $USER </dev/null
;;
esac
Theo
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