On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 13:28:38 +0200 Emil Engler <m...@emilengler.com>: > ## Abstract > This patch adds an argument to sysupgrade(8) which makes it possible > to check if an upgrade is available, similar to "syspatch -c". > This works both, for snapshots and releases. > > ## Usage > Add "-c" to sysupgrade. > If the script exits with a zero, an upgrade is available. If it fails > you are already on the newest version or an upgrade cannot be pulled > for whatever reason. > > ## Motivation > I want a cronjob on my desktop (which is on -current) that checks > regularly if a new snapshot is available and notifies me if this is > the case. syspatch(8) already has such a feature, so why not add > one to sysupgrade? Also it could be useful on -stable and -release > systems.
it seems to me you could use this in your crontab sysupgrade -n | grep "Already on last snapshot" || sh send_mail_new_snasphot.sh
