Schedule downloads, mint & program updates?
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tadatma
Schedule downloads, mint & program updates?
Is there any way of scheduling downloads, Mint and program updates rather than doing it immediately? I am entitled to free downloads in the wee hours of the morning and if I can schedule accordingly I can save on the bandwidth use.., of course it should be automatic so that I do not have to be there. Thanks in advance.
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thenewguy
Re: Schedule downloads, mint & program updates?
Yes, this is what tools like cron are for. In the /etc/ directory there are a few directories with the name cron in them. cron.hourly, cron.daily, cron.weekly and cron.monthly. All of the programs in these directories get run once every ... hour, day, week, month respectively.
To make sure your updates run once a day, create a new file in the /etc/cron.daily folder and put this in the file
#!/bin/bash
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
Save the file and make sure it has execute permission
chmod 755 /etc/cron.daily/update_script
That will refresh your package list and run any available updates.
In the /etc/crontab file you'll see a line like this:
25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
Change the second number (6 in this case) to the hour you want the update script to run. For example, make it a 3, to run the script at 3am.
To make sure your updates run once a day, create a new file in the /etc/cron.daily folder and put this in the file
#!/bin/bash
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
Save the file and make sure it has execute permission
chmod 755 /etc/cron.daily/update_script
That will refresh your package list and run any available updates.
In the /etc/crontab file you'll see a line like this:
25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
Change the second number (6 in this case) to the hour you want the update script to run. For example, make it a 3, to run the script at 3am.