CRON-APT(8)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, gather round — this is the cron-apt page, and it's literally the program that updates your system using apt-get. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

cron-apt [configfile]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so this manual page is a lil quick rundown of the cron-apt command, no cap.

here's the tea: cron-apt is a program that takes everything it finds in /etc/cron-apt/action.d/ and feeds it to apt-get as arguments — line by line, in file order. like it literally reads them in order and hands them over one at a time. that's the whole personality. 💅

👑 OPTIONS 👑

these programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, bestie — long options start with two dashes (-). a lil summary of the options is right here below. for the complete description, go check the Info files. iykyk.

• --help — shows you a summary of the options. that's it, that's the one. 🎀

🧚 CONFIGURATION 🧚

you configure this cutie two ways:

• edit /etc/cron-apt/config
• add rules to /etc/cron-apt/action.d/

all the variables you can set in /etc/cron-apt/config? they're documented in the configuration example over at /usr/share/doc/cron-apt/examples/config. go read it, it's giving ✨reference material✨.

💀 heads up, bestie: from version 0.5.0, the optional FILTERCTRLM attribute is deprecated. it's still around but like… it's on its way out. don't build your whole life around it.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• apt-get (1)
• aptitude (1)

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

this manual page was written by Ola Lundqvist ola@inguza.com for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but it may be used by others, they're not gatekeeping 💜).

this manual is free software — you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. iconic, honestly. 🌟

and that's a wrap, bestie!! this was CRON-APT(8) from the System Manager's Manual — go update your system responsibly, mwah 💖🎀🦋