On 02/25/2013 10:00 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> 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. > Typo, I assume. Try LANG=C OK. that I can find out about, and makes sense to consider including.