On 02/25/2013 09:03 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 25.02.2013 14:48, schrieb Robert Moskowitz: >> I have read a couple old threads here on updates for servers, and I am >> looking for some mechanics to getting the actual updates done. I don't >> want automatic updates; I want to control when and what gets updated. >> >> First I have to determine that a particular server needs updates. I >> suppose a daily script that would run "yum check-updates' and emails me >> the results could work, but then I would only want the email IF there >> was something to update, at my limited use of this option does not show >> anything to trigger a notify on changes. Does anyone know of a script >> that would do this? > /etc/cron.daily: > #!/bin/bash > ANG=C; yum -q check-update I am searching all sorts of combinations to figure out what 'ANG' does. I keep getting results like "Emmanuel C. Yumang M.D" :) So please enlighten me. Checking the exit value seems to be important. I did find http://wiki.centos.org/YumCheckOrInstallUpdates which I am studying. And it does not use ANG...