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UPDATE-CHECKER(8) update-checker UPDATE-CHECKER(8)

NAME

update-checker, update-checker.service, update-checker.timer - Check if there are updates available for the installed products.

SYNOPSIS

update-checker [options...]

update-checker.service

update-checker.timer

DESCRIPTION

update-checker checks if there are new versions of the installed products available. The check is triggered daily by systemd.timer(5).

OPTIONS

--config, -c FILE

Specify an alternate config file.

--output, -o string

Specify a backend for the output. If this option is set, the output option in the configuration file is ignored. Valid options are stdout, issue and salt. stdout writes the result to stdout. issue writes the result to /etc/issue via issue-generator(8). The salt option is for SUSE CaaS Plattform only.

--profile string

When reading the configuration file, the section [global-string] is preferred over the section [global].

--update

Check for available updates via zypper up

--patch

Check for available patches via zypper patch

--dup

Check distribution updates via zypper dup

--verbose, -v

Increase verbosity.

--help, -h

Display help and exit

SEE ALSO

update-checker.conf(5), systemd.timer(5), systemd.time(7), zypper(8)

AUTHOR

Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>

01/09/2019 update-checker